Hydrogen Batch Traceability Control for Renewable Supply Chains
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of a straightforward method for customers to obtain information on the production of hydrogen, and balancing production and distribution with renewable energy sources is challenging, making it difficult to optimize hydrogen supply chains for fuel cell vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system that monitors and tracks batches of hydrogen from production to consumption, providing lifecycle data packages to customers, including information on production facilities, distribution, and environmental footprint, using clients and a central computer system to facilitate traceability and optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a supervisory control and data acquisition system is implemented to track hydrogen batches, then traceability and information availability are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments hydrogen production into discrete batches, each with a unique identifier and associated lifecycle data package. This segmentation allows tracking of individual batches through the supply chain without requiring complex continuous monitoring of the entire hydrogen flow, thereby improving traceability while managing system complexity through modular data organization.
Solution Approach 2:
A central computer system acts as an intermediary between hydrogen production facilities, distribution networks, and customers. This intermediary consolidates and manages lifecycle data packages, providing information availability to customers without requiring direct complex connections between all system components, thus reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive traceability.
2Measurement precision
If lifecycle data packages are established for each hydrogen batch, then traceability and quality control are improved, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Lifecycle data packages are established and populated with production information at the time of hydrogen batch creation, rather than attempting to gather all data retroactively. This preliminary action ensures precise traceability from the outset while minimizing subsequent data processing requirements, as the foundational data structure is already in place when the hydrogen batch enters the supply chain.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If production and distribution are balanced with renewable energy sources, then environmental footprint is reduced, but supply chain complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The supervisory control system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor renewable energy availability and hydrogen production/distribution status. This feedback enables dynamic balancing of production and distribution with renewable energy sources, reducing environmental footprint while managing supply chain complexity through automated control rather than manual coordination.
Data Source
AI summary
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.