Enhancing hydrogen flow metering performance

Project summary

This PhD research project, conducted in collaboration with Endress+Hauser, a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services, and solutions for industrial process engineering, aims to address the critical need for enhancing the performance of hydrogen flow meters. These meters play a pivotal role in optimizing and controlling hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and distribution processes.

Hydrogen, owing to its unique physical and chemical properties such as low molecular weight and high chemical activity, presents significant challenges in flow metering. Its low density and viscosity compared to other gases make accurate metering difficult, as even small fluctuations in pressure or temperature can change its density and volume significantly. Given hydrogen's widespread use across various industries, each with specific flow rate and operating condition requirements, there is a pressing requirement for metering systems capable of accurately measuring hydrogen flow across a wide range of pressures, temperatures, and flow rates.

The major objective of this project is to enhance hydrogen flow metering performance by advancing our understanding of the fundamental fluid dynamics associated with hydrogen flow and its interaction with flow sensing elements.