Abstract
BlendPATH provides case-by-case techno-economic analysis for potential projects where hydrogen is blended into a natural gas transmission pipeline. BlendPATH estimates 1) the transmission pipeline modifications and operating conditions necessary to blend hydrogen to a user specified volume faction of hydrogen in pipeline gas and 2) the incremental capital and operating expenses to prepare said transmission pipeline for hydrogen blending. BlendPATH is developed in Python and requires SAInt, a underlying commercial natural gas pipeline network modeling software, to run. Pipeline modification and operation condition estimation is guided by ASME B31.12. The intent of this software is to target application for projects in the initial project assessment stage and provide the user with the capability of assess promising opportunities before the use proceeds with further detailed pipeline evaluation based on a probable economic outcome.
- Developers:
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Kee, Jamie [1] ; Reznicek, Evan [1] ; Chung, Mark [1] ; Topolski, Kevin [1]
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Release Date:
- 2024-01-04
- Project Type:
- Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- Programming Languages:
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Python
- Licenses:
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
- Sponsoring Org.:
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USDOEPrimary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308GTI Energy, previously Gas Technology InstitutePrimary Award/Contract Number:AC36-08GO28308
- Code ID:
- 117221
- Site Accession Number:
- NREL SWR-24-10
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Country of Origin:
- United States
Citation Formats
Kee, Jamie, Reznicek, Evan, Chung, Mark, and Topolski, Kevin.
BlendPATH (Blending Pipeline Analysis Tool for Hydrogen) [SWR-24-10].
Computer Software.
https://github.com/NREL/BlendPATH.
USDOE, GTI Energy, previously Gas Technology Institute.
04 Jan. 2024.
Web.
doi:10.11578/dc.20240216.1.
Kee, Jamie, Reznicek, Evan, Chung, Mark, & Topolski, Kevin.
(2024, January 04).
BlendPATH (Blending Pipeline Analysis Tool for Hydrogen) [SWR-24-10].
[Computer software].
https://github.com/NREL/BlendPATH.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240216.1.
Kee, Jamie, Reznicek, Evan, Chung, Mark, and Topolski, Kevin.
"BlendPATH (Blending Pipeline Analysis Tool for Hydrogen) [SWR-24-10]." Computer software.
January 04, 2024.
https://github.com/NREL/BlendPATH.
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240216.1.
@misc{
doecode_117221,
title = {BlendPATH (Blending Pipeline Analysis Tool for Hydrogen) [SWR-24-10]},
author = {Kee, Jamie and Reznicek, Evan and Chung, Mark and Topolski, Kevin},
abstractNote = {BlendPATH provides case-by-case techno-economic analysis for potential projects where hydrogen is blended into a natural gas transmission pipeline. BlendPATH estimates 1) the transmission pipeline modifications and operating conditions necessary to blend hydrogen to a user specified volume faction of hydrogen in pipeline gas and 2) the incremental capital and operating expenses to prepare said transmission pipeline for hydrogen blending. BlendPATH is developed in Python and requires SAInt, a underlying commercial natural gas pipeline network modeling software, to run. Pipeline modification and operation condition estimation is guided by ASME B31.12. The intent of this software is to target application for projects in the initial project assessment stage and provide the user with the capability of assess promising opportunities before the use proceeds with further detailed pipeline evaluation based on a probable economic outcome.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20240216.1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240216.1},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240216.1}},
year = {2024},
month = {jan}
}