Ryan Holdsworth - March 1 

 

My Scheme is focussed upon fuel combustion and future interventions that will inform and aid the transition to clean sustainable power. I have identified Hydrogen as a future fuel that could potentially provide a city and its infrastructure with an effective alternative to the traditional, heavy polluting, gas and diesel fuel. The case study for the project is Mumbai, India. I have selected a site on the south-eastern coast of the city, located in the Colaba Region, alongside Sassoon Docks, known as Mukesh Mill. The aim of the scheme is develop a Hydrogen Generation Facility that is co-exists with Semester 1's 'Retrofit Combustion Centre', and integrates itself within the existing infrastructural and environmental systems currently in place. The focus is to directly improve Sassoon Dock, its water and air quality and provide a suitable replacement fuel, meanwhile maintaining an efficient method for a long term production of hydrogen.

 

My initial intervention, located on the outer most edge of Mukesh Mill provided the grounding for the overall scheme. It was an engineering and education workshop that tested the process behind retrofitting the existing fishing boats located at Sassoon Dock, with hydrogen powered combustion engines. The facility was developed as a hybrid of systems that worked above and below ground. One of which was a modular dry-dock workstation that provided access and circulation to the facility without impacting Sassoon Dock. It segmented the interior of the building, creating workstations that could be individually drained, to provide unrestricted access to the boats outer skin.

 

My second semester will focus specifically on the production of hydrogen and the means in which to generation sufficient energy required by the process. Through the use of Biomass as a power and heat source, the facility will attempt to help reduce waste from both Sassoon dock and the surrounding area. It will also provide a commuters link between the area of Colaba and greater Mumbai. The aim is to develop the existing infrastructure and industries, by improving quality of current facilities, meanwhile introducing new technologies that will integrate and work alongside.