This presentation will provide an overview of hydrogen-related research at Imperial College London, with a particular focus on the Hydrogen Research Group within the School of Sustainability. This interdisciplinary group brings together leading academics across the College who are actively engaged in hydrogen research, covering production, storage, transportation, and applications. Leveraging Imperial’s world-class research capabilities, the group is dedicated to addressing the emerging and critical challenges of the hydrogen economy.
As a case study, this presentation will highlight the speaker’s ongoing research on hydrogen storage and transportation using polymer-based composite materials. The aim is to develop a multiscale, multiphysics modeling framework to gain a deep understanding of how composite materials behave under extreme hydrogen conditions, particularly at ultra-high pressures and cryogenic temperatures. This work contributes to advancing safe and efficient hydrogen storage and transportation technologies, a key enabler for the widespread adoption of hydrogen as a clean energy source.