Material, Operating strategy and REliability optimisation for LIFEtime improvements in heavy duty trucks

Objective

MORELife addressed the call FCH-01-2-2020: Durability-Lifetime of stacks in heavy duty trucks. The project aims at the improvement of materials and operating strategies in order to enhance the durability and reliability for the specific needs of fuel cells in heavy duty truck application.
The consortium is led by AVL List GmbH (AT) and furthermore consists of:
• Mebius d.o.o. (SI),
• Nedstack fuel cell technology BV (NFCT, NL),
• University of Ljubljana (UL, SI),
• Technical University Eindhoven (TUE, NL),
• Technical University of Munich (TUM, DE) and
• EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies (EKPO, DE)
In MORELife, we will identify degradation issues based on real life application data provided by NFCT and EKPO. With these identified, both highly specific accelerated stress tests for the shortened test duration for lifetime verification as well as advanced degradation models will be developed by the UL and the TUM. Thereby, the needed improvements on the material and operation strategy level will be defined. The models will be based on existing and proven ones and will be used as a tool to predict material lifetimes based on material characteristics and AST persistence. These results will then be picked up by Mebius, a Slovenian SME producing MEAs based on novel catalysts (international patent). These innovations will be supported by TUE, contributing their expertise in porous materials with a focus on the correct selection of GDLs.
Improved materials will be evaluated on different levels by the TUM, TUE, NFCT and ECPO. Starting on a single cell level, the aim is to test minimum in a short stack under degradation accelerating conditions as well as in application relevant environment. AVL will use the combined inputs to optimise and validate the operating conditions based on the improved materials. The results will be fed back into the models to validate the improvements compared to state-of-the-art materials and prove a predicted lifetime of 30.000 h.

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport
• H2020-EU.3.4.6.1. - Reduce the production cost of fuel cell systems to be used in transport applications, while increasing their lifetime to levels which can compete with conventional technologies

Topic(s)

• FCH-01-2-2020 - Durability-Lifetime of stacks for Heavy Duty trucks

Call for proposal

H2020-JTI-FCH-2020-1
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Funding Scheme

FCH2-RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

AVL LIST GMBH

Address

Hans-list-platz 1
8020 Graz
Austria

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

EU contribution

€ 522 465

Participants (6)

MEBIUS, RAZISKOVALNO RAZVOJNA DEJAVNOST, ZASTOPANJE IN TRGOVINA, DOO

Slovenia

EU contribution

€ 715 725

Address

Na Jami 3
1000 Ljubljana

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

NEDSTACK FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY BV

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 544 531,25

Address

Westervoortsedijk 73 Gebouw 533
6827 AV Arnhem

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI

Slovenia

EU contribution

€ 263 312,50

Address

Kongresni Trg 12
1000 Ljubljana

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 353 255

Address

Groene Loper 3
5612 AE Eindhoven

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

EU contribution

€ 567 125

Address

Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Muenchen

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EKPO FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 533 500

Address

Max-eyth-strasse 2
72581 Dettingen An Der Erms

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)