REDUCTION OF POLLUTANTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR BY MIXING HYDROGEN INTO THE NATURAL GAS NETWORK IN HUNGARY

Abstract

According to some forecasts, hydrogen will play a significant role throughout the world by 2030 as an energy source, the biggest benefits of which include not only being able to come from renewable sources, but thus storing the energy produced, which is not currently solved. The combustion of hydrogen does not produce CO2, only negligible amounts of combustion air, unlike methane. This will reduce GHG emissions associated with end-user equipment. In this article, the authors examine the amount of hydrogen that can be fed into the Hungarian natural gas network in accordance with the current gas quality standard, and then carry out a comparative analysis of the methane, the main component that makes up hydrogen and natural gas. The authors will study the exact effect of hydrogen content on natural gas-regulated devices and estimate the theoretical CO2 emissions available in the Hungarian residential sector at different rates of hydrogen.