Achieving Water Resilience, Energy Efficiency & Production Optimization
Hydrogen is predicted to be a key contributor in accelerating the energy transition and support the decarbonization of heavy industry fuel sources to align ambitious climate action targets worldwide. The success of this emerging sector is intrinsically linked to advancements and innovation in water management. Adhering to outdated water strategies will not suffice in driving progress.
From sourcing, treating to inlet spec, cooling water and wastewater management, we can assist in effectively addressing the complex water challenges related for hydrogen production and provide innovative approaches that mitigate risk and reduce costs.
Developing hydrogen projects means understanding the regional impacts of water consumption, quality, treatment, and disposal requirements at each individual stage of both Blue and Green Hydrogen system processes. Incorporating this comprehensive understanding into feasibility project planning will remove roadblocks that could stall projects indefinitely.
Shifting perspective beyond merely considering water availability but rather viewing water reliability as a central aspect of the equation will effectively mitigate the risk of water becoming a limiting factor.
Hydrogen Production Water Sourcing
Building a source water strategy for hydrogen production requires a holistic approach and a sub-regional solution with coordinated water provision through surface water, groundwater, conveyance, storage, and industry collaboration to ensure water security and build resiliency.
We hold the expertise to shift perspective beyond merely considering water availability, but rather viewing water reliability as a central aspect of the equation. This will effectively mitigate the risk of water becoming a limiting factor in hydrogen production.
With ever-changing freshet and environmental conditions, many regions with low-flow river basins are subject to significant regulatory restrictions due to environmental and social impacts. We can support in navigating the regulatory pathway to ensure long-term project viability.
Treatment Technology & Processes
- Groundwater and surface water supply identification and evaluation (freshwater, saline, and tertiary)
- Groundwater assessments and modelling
- Design services for groundwater well networks and riverbank filtration (RBF) intakes
- Short- and long-term water license applications
Management and mitigation of water withdrawals - Water balance modelling and analysis
- Watershed and basin-scale analysis and modelling
- Hydrologic modelling of surface water sources
Phase I, II, III Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) - Project siting assessments
- Hydrogeological investigations
- Hydrology assessments
- Baseline environmental assessments
- Water quality investigations
- Aquatic habitat assessments
- Wetland delineation and classifications
- Wetland disturbance investigations
Regulatory Support Services
- Phase I, II, III Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)
- Project siting assessments
- Hydrogeological investigations
- Geotechnical evaluations
- Hydrology assessments
- Baseline environmental assessments
- Water quality investigations
- Aquatic habitat assessments
- Wetland delineation and classifications
- Wetland disturbance investigations
- Vegetation identification and classifications
- Soil characterization
Hydrogen Production Water Pre-Treatment
Hydrogen production requires high purity water; ultrapure and demineralized specifications are achieved through advanced treatment processes such as reverse osmosis and low temperature distillation. . Selecting fit-for-purpose treatment technologies is essential to reduce water consumption, optimize energy efficiency, and effectively manage waste streams.
Treatment Technology & Processes
- Clarification/softening
- Ph neutralization / acid water management
- Membrane & filtration systems
- Process water management systems
- Water reuse & reclaim
- Water re-purposing
- Biological wastewater treatment
- Sludge/biosolids management
- Utility water treatment
- Water distillation
Fabrication & Commissioning
The small footprint and operational flexibility minimize impact and make operation easy. Our fully integrated supply chain provides the required engineering design, procurement, expediting, fabrication, inspection, testing, and preparation for any treatment package.
- Design and equipment supply
- Equipment fabrication
- Installation
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Commissioning
- Turnover Package
Hydrogen Production Water Cooling Strategies
Efficient water cooling methods are essential to maintain the optimal temperature of hydrogen production processes. Identifying the most cost-effective and sustainable cooling solutions is critical, as the large quantities of water often required for cooling purposes can be a roadblock for projects from stakeholder and regulatory pushback, as well as OPEX considerations
Managing Risk and Accountability
- Process optimization
- Water treatment
- Source supply risk analysis
- Capacity expansion
- Options analysis
Hydrogen Production Wastewater Treatment
The hydrogen production process generates wastewater, both in steam-methane-reforming (SMR) and electrolysis. Ensuring appropriate treatment and responsible management of this wastewater is crucial to reducing environmental impacts and facilitating safe reuse or discharge.
Through a detailed understanding of your water input and ambient water quality, we first work to establish design criteria and help you avoid unnecessary engineering complexity and treatment costs.
Once established, our engineers work to balance the economic and technical trade-offs between the treatment approach and equipment selection to achieve the best technical and environmental performance at the lowest capital cost.
Treatment Technology & Processes
- Clarification/softening
- Ph neutralization / acid water management
- Membrane & filtration systems
- Process water management systems
- Water reuse & reclaim
- Water re-purposing
- Biological wastewater treatment
- Sludge/biosolids management
- Utility water treatment
- Water distillation
Fabrication & Commissioning
The small footprint and operational flexibility minimize impact and make operation easy. Our fully integrated supply chain provides the required engineering design, procurement, expediting, fabrication, inspection, testing, and preparation for any treatment package.
- Design and equipment supply
- Equipment fabrication
- Installation
- Quality Assurance/Quality Control
- Commissioning
- Turnover Package
Operations, Maintenance & Compliance Management
Water infrastructure assets should be built to last. Engaging us at the feasibility and design phase helps you minimize operational expenditure, reduce risks, and build in climate resiliency to your water treatment facility upgrade project.
Hydrogen Production Waste Heat Recovery
Recovering excess heat from processes such as SMR (Blue) and Electrolysis (Green) offers tremendous opportunities to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance sustainability of the entire hydrogen production lifecycle.
Through cutting-edge distillation technology, heat exchangers, and various waste heat applications, implementing waste heat recovery in a closed-loop system will significantly reduce the overall costs and energy demand.
- RO pressure recovery
- Waste heat recovery,
- Cooling process optimization
