This program encourages plans to establish manufacturing facilities for clean energy technology components. NOV and H2C jointly received $500,000 for their plan to produce double-wall FRP pipes, providing safer, lower-cost, and more efficient hydrogen transportation.
H2C’s Safety Pipe™ technology involves a double-walled piping system with an inert “sweep gas” for capturing hydrogen leakage, allowing continuous monitoring for enhanced safety and efficiency. The installation process involves setting up the outer pipe first, followed by pulling through the hydrogen carrier pipe.
The collaboration between H2C and NOV has yielded a successful prototype tested by a major international hydrogen infrastructure company. This prototype demonstrated significant advantages over traditional coated steel pipes, including elimination of corrosion and embrittlement risks, lower installation costs, and full containment of hydrogen leakage. Their MAKE IT prize proposal aims to integrate the jacket pipe into the FRP pipe’s fabrication, reducing installation time and costs while retaining safety and efficiency benefits.
“Since 2008, H2C has focused on delivering clean hydrogen in the most effective, lowest cost, and safest way possible,” said H2C Safety Pipe CEO Robert Shelton. “With our patented pipe-in-pipe technology, we are revolutionizing hydrogen safety and enabling broader use of existing pipelines for hydrogen delivery."