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GE VERNOVA PROPOSES A 36-MONTH PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT A GE VERNOVA-DEVELOPED HIGH-FIDELITY MULTI-GAS SENSING APPROACH FOR LOCALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF H2 LEAK SOURCES USING PHYSICS-ENHANCED ANALYTICS AND FENCE-LINE H2 MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL SITES. THE H2 SENSING APPROACH IS BASED ON GE VERNOVA’S DEVELOPED DIELECTRIC EXCITATION SENSING TECHNOLOGY. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE A SYSTEM SOLUTION FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) LOCALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF A SINGLE OR MULTIPLE H2 GAS LEAKS ON SITES OF ~ 100 M X 100 M. THE QUANTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY WILL QUANTIFY 1 - 20 KG/HOUR EMISSIONS RATES WITHIN < 24 HOURS WITH ACCURACY ERROR OF < 20%, PROBABILITY OF DETECTION OF AT LEAST 90%, AND FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF <1%. THE LOCALIZATION TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATION AND EMISSION-RANKING OF MULTIPLE LEAKS WITH SPATIAL RESOLUTION WITHIN < 10 M OF THEIR ACTUAL LOCATIONS. SUCH HIGH-FIDELITY CAPABILITIES COUPLED WITH THE COST-EFFECTIVE H2 MONITORING HARDWARE AND DEPLOYMENT SIMPLICITY WILL BE ATTRACTIVE NOT ONLY FOR SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC REASONS OF THE H2 LOSS AS A PRODUCT, BUT ALSO FOR PROGNOSTICS OF H2 SITES OVER DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS.

$2,699,697FY2025Department of EnergyDOE

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