Prof. Jingfa Li

Department of Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering, Yangtze University, China

E-mail: cupljf@163.com, lijingfa@yangtzeu.edu.cn

Bio

Jingfa Li is a full professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the Department of Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering at Yangtze University. His research interests focus on hydrogen pipeline transportation technology. He served as a member of the Second Youth Committee of the Heat and Mass Transfer Branch of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics and as a youth editorial board member/guest editor for 9 academic journals, and he also served as session chairs for 12 international conferences. Prof. Li chaired over 6 national and provincial-level projects, published over 60 SCI-indexed papers. He published the China's first textbook on hydrogen pipeline transportation, co-authored 3 Chinese/English textbooks or monographs. Prof. Li has been awarded two provincial/ministerial-level Science and Technology Progress Awards, and three Best Paper Awards and Top Influential Paper Awards. He received the honors including the Outstanding Young Scholar Award at the 30th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences and the CMES 2023 Young Researcher Award, etc.

Title

Research Progress on Key Technologies of Hydrogen-Blended Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation

Abstract

Using natural gas pipelines for hydrogen-blended transportation is an important approach to achieving efficient hydrogen delivery and advancing China's "Hydrogen into Ten Thousand Homes" initiative. To ensure the safety and stability of hydrogen-blended transportation, it is essential to thoroughly study the differences between hydrogen-blended natural gas and conventional natural gas in terms of pipeline processes and operation & maintenance. This report introduces hydrogen blending in natural gas pipelines from three perspectives: "blending-transportation-operation & maintenance." It covers topics such as hydrogen-blending processes and equipment, compatibility of hydrogen with non-metallic pipelines, hydrogen-blended pipeline transportation processes, simulation software platforms, as well as leakage-induced combustion/explosion risks and mitigation measures for hydrogen-blended pipelines.