US 12,602,021 B2Granted

Hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system

AssigneeEverfuel Europe A/S

InventorsUffe Vikøren Borup, Jacob Bech Krogsgaard

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Abstract

The invention relates to a hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system for monitoring a plurality of batches of hydrogen, the hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system comprising: a hydrogen production facility client, associated with a hydrogen production facility, a hydrogen customer client, associated with an entity receiving at least a subset of the plurality of batches of hydrogen and a central computer system. The central computer system is configured to establish a lifecycle data package of the plurality of batches of hydrogen. The lifecycle data package includes information associated with the production of the plurality of batches of hydrogen. The central computer system is configured to provide at least part of the lifecycle data package, to said hydrogen customer client.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system for monitoring a plurality of batches of hydrogen, the hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system comprising:

a hydrogen production facility client, associated with a hydrogen production facility and configured for acquiring information related to the production of the plurality of batches of hydrogen at the hydrogen production facility, and
a central computer system comprising a data processor and a data storage, the central computer system is configured for communicating with the hydrogen production facility client,
wherein the central computer system, during a production of hydrogen, records
a time of a production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from a renewable power source,
a time of a production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from a fossil power source,
hydrogen produced during the production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from the renewable power source, and
hydrogen produced during the production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from the fossil power source,
wherein the central computer system, at the end of the production periods defines
the hydrogen produced during the production period with renewal power source as green hydrogen, and
the hydrogen produced during the production period with fossil power source as black hydrogen,
wherein the central computer system is configured to, based on information received from the hydrogen production facility client, establish a lifecycle data package of at least a part of the plurality of batches of hydrogen,
wherein the lifecycle data package includes information associated with the production of the part of the plurality of batches of hydrogen,
wherein the information in the lifecycle data package includes whether the hydrogen within a batch is defined as green hydrogen or black hydrogen.

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A method of monitoring a batch of hydrogen from production at a hydrogen production facility to storage at a receiving entity and ready to be consumed, the method comprising the steps of:

establish data communication between a hydrogen production facility client and a central computer system, and between a hydrogen customer client and the central computer system,
receive, by the central computer system, from the hydrogen production facility client, information related to the production of the batch of hydrogen,
wherein the information related to the production of the batch of hydrogen includes
a time of a production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from a renewable power source,
a time of a production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from a fossil power source,
hydrogen produced during the production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from the renewable power source, and
hydrogen produced during the production period during which the hydrogen production facility is powered from the fossil power source,
wherein the central computer system, at the end of the production periods defines
the hydrogen produced during the production period with the renewal power source as green hydrogen, and
the hydrogen produced during the production period with alternative power source as black hydrogen,
the central computer system establishing a lifecycle data package of the batch of hydrogen based on the information received from the hydrogen production facility client and the hydrogen customer client, and
providing to the hydrogen customer client, at least part of the lifecycle data package from the central computer system
wherein the lifecycle data package includes information of whether the hydrogen within a batch is defined as green hydrogen or black hydrogen.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/012,406Filed 28 Jun 2021
Priority: DK PA 2020 7043330 Jun 2020
Published: US 2023/0259088 A117 Aug 2023
Granted: 14 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G05B 19/042
Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers: using digital processors
G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
G05B 2219/24215
Pc safety: scada supervisory control and data acquisition
Y02P 90/80
Enabling technologies with a potential contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation: management or planning