The technical research activities of the project are arranged into 4 technical work packages (WP 2, 3, 4 and 6) which are expected to contribute to overall main goals.
In the reference period most part of the work was carried out in WP3, WP6 and partly in WP2 and WP4, according to the original workplan.
WP2 (UNIFI, BH): The main outcome of wP2 in the RP2 was the completion of the atmospheric tests at the THT lab of UNIFI. In particular in the final part of the work it was investigated the effect of mimicking EGR with pure N2 or pure CO2. An example of the achieved results in terms of OH* chemiluminescence is reported in Figure 1.
WP3 (DLR, CERFACS, BH and UNIFI): CFD investigations planned in T3.4 by UNIFI and CERFACS were completed. In figure 2 it can be observed an example of the validation of LES calculation carried ut by UNIFI with hydrogen piloting. Concerning T3.2 where high-pressure tests are planned, preliminary results were obtained: Figure 3 shows OH* maps at 10 bar pressure.
WP4 (SINTEF, TotalEnergies, BH): SINTEF has continued the development the investigation aimed at the slection of the best capture technology for the case study of the project, to be used for the detailed technical and economical evaluations planned in the subsequent task. In Figure 4 a schematic representation of the absorption-based carbon capture technology is reported. T4.5 in charge to SINTEF OCEAN is just started with the set up of the baseline scenario and the development of a format for data collection for the carbon capture scenarios.
