Innovative Nano and Laser Pipe Sensors for In Situ Gas Monitoring
A PROJECT PART OF ATTRACT
THAT HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION’S HORIZON 2020 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME
The decarbonization of gas supply and subsequent reconfiguration of gas flows through the grid will substantially affect the business case of gas network operators.
In particular, biogas, biomethane and hydrogen-enriched natural gas will play a crucial role in the coming years, requiring new paradigms for gas monitoring.
PiPe4.0 project will address two main issues related to in-situ monitoring in the distribution gas network by realizing a system consisting of two interconnected units.
project
the main unit of measurement,
using optical Raman spectroscopy, is able to measure the composition of the combustible gas, and therefore its heating power, at the main distribution points towards the end user.
DISCOVER MOREdistributed system of secondary sensors
powered with a combination of tribo/thermoelectric e ect for local diagnostics of gas properties useful for understanding the variation the distribution network, such as density and/or pressure.
technologies
The technologies proposed within PiPe4.0 project have been developed in the framework of two pilot projects funded by ATTRACT Consortium, Phase 1
GASRAMAN
GASRAMAN has made possible to create and test a new low-cost and high-reliability portable technology, based on the use of optical Raman spectroscopy, which can be used to measure the composition of natural gas (also in mixture with hydrogen), biogas and biomethane by identifying the different components of the mixture (methane and higher order hydrocarbons, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen) with high precision.
ENERGY4OIL
Energy4Oil made it possible to demonstrate the use of an integrated system in oil and/or gas transport lines for the local production of energy by exploiting the triboelectric effect between the moving fluid and the walls of the transport pipe coated with a suitable material.
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timeline
In 2018, the European Commission (EC) Horizon 2020 program funded Phase 1 of the ATTRACT consortium, which supported 170 innovative technology projects in the field of sensing and imaging technologies.
2018-2021
ATTRACT phase 1
