Objetivo Industrial scale advanced electrolysis plant for production of high purity hydrogen.The proposer has developed with CEC-help, smaller scale electrolyser units saving 25% of electricity as compared to conventional units.It is proposed to increase the unit size by a factor of 2,5 and to group 28 of these bigger units to a plant with nominal input of 5 MWE and a production of 1250 m3/h of hydrogen.Innovation : Increase of scale of already commercialised modules and grouping of these modules to fully automatic hydrogen production plant.A 5000 kW electrolysis plant with an annual production of 10 million Nm3 hydrogen, using high-efficiency electrolyser cells developed under a E.E.C. - DG XII programme and currently commercialized by HYDROGEN SYSTEMS NV (Belgium). The electrolyser cells have an overall efficiency of over 90%.The annual energy consumption will be 40 GWh.The plant will be operating for 8000 hrs/year.The hydrogen produced in this plant will directly be sold on the chemical feedstock market. The plant will produce 10 million Nm3 non-fossile hydrogen gas, equivalent to 3000 ton oil per year. Compared with 25% of electric energy will be saved, due to the high efficiency of the cells.In the CEE-report "Prospects for hydrogen from advanced water electrolysis" (P. Glynn - 1986 - EUR 10290 EN) it is assumed that half of the electrolysis capacity will be replaced in the period 1990-2000 and that hydrogen demand in the speciality market will grow at 5% per year. Advanced electrolysis will capture 50% of the small speciality market and 25% of the large speciality market. Total cost of the project : 211.4 million BF of which 119.9 million BF are eligible costs.The proposed 5000 kW demonstration plant will have a payback time of approximately 12 years, with current market prices for hydrogen and electricity.Larger hydrogen electrolysis plants (100-200 MW) are likely to become profitable without financial support, due to scale effects, both on plant and electricity prices. Programa(s) ENG-ENDEMO C - Programme (EEC) of demonstration projects and industrial pilot projects (EEC) in the energy field, 1985-1989 Tema(s) 2.1 - ELECTRICITY Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinador HYDROGEN SYSTEMS NV Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección MALLEKOTSTRAAT 73 2500 LIER Bélgica Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
