HySpirits Projects
Project: HySpirits II
Timescale: 2020-2021
Funder: Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) through phase 1 of the Green Distilleries Competition
Funding: £58,781
Project overview:
HySpirits II investigated the feasibility of green hydrogen heating as a clean fuel solution for decarbonisation in the distilling sector.
The project built on the first HySpirits project completed in 2020 by broadening the investigation, assessing four different technology pathways to facilitate green hydrogen fuel-switching in the distilling sector. The technologies assessed within the project included; thermal fluid technology, steam technology, direct burn technology and dual fuel technology.
Following assessment, it was concluded that the optimal technology pathway from the four selected was dual fuel technology. A public report was published with the findings which is available to read here.
Partners:
- Edrington (Highland Park)
- Orkney Distilling Ltd.
- Edinburgh Napier University
- EMEC
Project news:
Jan 2020: Orkney Distilleries go green with Hydrogen
Project: HySpirits I
Timescale: 2019 – 2020
Funder: Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Funding: £148,600
Project overview:
HySpirits aims to investigate the development of a thermal fluid heater system to operate with hydrogen as the combustion fuel within the distilling process. This system will remove the need to use fossil fuels such as kerosene and liquid petroleum gas (LPG), for the process.
Partners:
- Orkney Distilling Ltd.
- Edinburgh Napier University
- EMEC
Project news: