Hydrogen is a small molecule that can leak of storage containers, pipelines and escape into the atmosphere rapidly

Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action

Award ID
DEAR0001981
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$3,119,602

Award facts

Assistance listing
81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
Completion date 89% complete
Funding
  • $2,540,659.00 Federal
  • $578,943.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Berkeley, CA, USA

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Description

As the agency reported it.

The number of such leaks will increase due to the growing hydrogen demand. Excess hydrogen in the atmosphere indirectly increases methane greenhouse gas emissions, leading to global warming. So, accurate sensors that can detect hydrogen in parts per billion (PPB) is needed. But available hydrogen sensors today cannot detect PPB-hydrogen when considering cost and performance. PPB-hypers solves this by using sensors that are ultra-sensitive to PPB amounts of hydrogen gas, without any interference from other gases that are present in the atmosphere. This project solves this, by developing a parts-per-billion hydrogen emissions reporting system ('PPB-hypers). PPB-hypers combines ultra-sensitive proprietary hydrogen sensors with ultra-reliable low power radios, to produce wireless hydrogen sensor nodes, collectively forming a wireless 'mesh' network. Each nodes data is combined with local weather data and wirelessly sent to a remote data server. The combined data is parsed to an AI (artificial intelligence) that can accurately identify any hydrogen leak of atleast 10KG/HR in a 100 m x 100 m area, and within 10 meters of the leak. The total cost to install and operate 'PPB-hypers' is expected to be less than $10,000 per 100 meters x 100 meter location. Through this, the project meets the main mission goals of the arpa-e H2SENSE program.

Transactions

Action Federal Non-federal Date
Amendment $0 $578,943
Amendment $0 $0
Original award $2,540,659 $0

Quick answers

Who received award DEAR0001981?

DEAR0001981 was awarded to Serinus Labs, Inc. by Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Energy) on January 15, 2025.

How much is award DEAR0001981 worth?

$3,119,602 has been obligated on DEAR0001981: $2,540,659 in federal funding and $578,943 in non-federal funding.

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