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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Hydrogen combustion test rig for industrial decarbonisation

ChemicalsCPV 24000000 24100000 24110000 24111000 73000000 73100000 73110000
Value£1.1m
Deadline29 Apr 2022
Published14 Sept 2022
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Timeline
Published 14 Sept 2022ClosedCloses 29 Apr 2022
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£1.1mtotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£6.4m

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The brief

With co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund and BEIS, the University of Sheffield is establishing a flagship national Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) as an integrated multi-technology pilot-scale research facility for low-carbon technologies.

Proposal are requested to design and build a Hydrogen Combustion Research Facility (HCRF) - an R&D combustion test FACILITY to support fundamental and applied research on hydrogen combustion and cofiring with other fuels (primarily natural gas) in air as well as capability for oxy firing or oxygen enrichment; flame, heat transfer, and emissions characterisation; burner development; corrosion, deposition and materials research and other aspects of combustion research.

As far as practical and cost effective, the project is envisaged as a full turnkey project.

The successful supplier is expected to: 1.

Design, build, install and commission the test furnace and design build or otherwise supply and install ancillary process control, monitoring and safety equipment 2.

Design and implement the overall layout of the facility 3.

Design and implement control, monitoring and data logging system

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01

With co-funding from the European Regional Development

With co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund and BEIS, the University of Sheffield is establishing a flagship national Translational Energy Research Centre (TERC) as an integrated multi-technology pilot-scale research facility for low-carbon technologies.

02

An R&D combustion test FACILITY to support

an R&D combustion test FACILITY to support fundamental and applied research on hydrogen combustion and cofiring with other fuels (primarily natural gas) in air as well as capability for oxy firing or oxygen enrichment; flame, heat transfer, and emissions characterisation; burner development; corrosion,.

03

The successful supplier is expected

The successful supplier is expected to:.

04

Design, build, install and commission the test

Design, build, install and commission the test furnace and design build or otherwise supply and install ancillary process control, monitoring and safety equipment.

05

Design and implement the overall layout

Design and implement the overall layout of the facility.

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