The global market for digital twins is projected to grow about 30-40% annually in the next few years, reaching $125-$150bn by 20321, according to McKinsey. Paired with today’s advances in predictive AI, digital twins can become both predictive and prescriptive.
In the hydrogen sector, safety underpins everything, so incorporating best practices into a hydrogen production facility is not an afterthought but an integral design element. The more time and effort invested during this stage, the safer a plant is throughout its full lifecycle.
With hydrogen’s highly flammable nature, low ignition energy, metal embrittlement and small molecular size, construction must include purpose-built components, including systems and materials that prevent the risk of leakage, as well as digital monitoring and control systems that will react to high or low temperatures, levels, flows and pressures.
Fortunately, delivering on these key points doesn’t require wading through complex textbooks but incorporating digital twins – essentially the building blocks to any energy business, regardless of whether you’re setting up a megaproject or wind farm.
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