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As interest in transitioning to hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels increases, there is a need to evaluate existing natural gas pipelines to see if they can be effectively retrofitted for safe, reliable hydrogen transport. EWI has established a joint industry program to conduct rigorous testing, close the knowledge gaps, and develop operator guidance...

Compromised “kissing bonds” in solid-state welds are tough to identify with conventional ultrasonic testing. Recently, EWI investigated using the ultrasonic process known as full matrix capture/total focusing method (FMC/TFM) to detect kissing bonds in intentionally fabricated kissing bonds, and found that these weak welds could be positively identified. This promising research is discussed in Detection...

By Henry Cialone President & CEO, EWI I experienced my first hydrogen economy in the early 1980s. I had just started working at Battelle, and the emerging hydrogen science seemed to provide an answer to many of the world’s energy questions. Within a few years, however, people stopped asking those questions. Or lost interest in...