Hydrogen odorisation system (THT)

Hydrogen, like natural gas, is odourless by nature. When such gases escape, dangerous situations can occur. Therefore, gases are provided with an odour (an orodant).

For natural gas, the odorant tetrahydrothiophene (THT) is used, the well-known odour when cooking with natural gas. However, THT had never been applied with hydrogen gas before.

Ekinetix has developed a system that can add odorant to hydrogen gas. With this system, very accurate dosing is possible. The system is implemented to add THT to hydrogen.

The functionality of the concept was demonstrated in the hydrogen demonstration project with monumental villas in Lochem. This was the first time hydrogen was odorised with THT. Since then, it has been applied in other places, proving reliability.

Within this project, for the application of hydrogen in the built environment, approval has been granted by the State Supervision of Mines (SodM) and the Authority Consumer and Market (ACM).

For more information, get in touch via the contact form or info@ekinetix.nl.

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