Objective
To achieve the goals of the European Green Deal on climate neutrality, a 90% reduction in transport emissions is needed by 2050. The automotive industry urgently needs to accelerate the introduction of alternative powertrains for electrified vehicles. Hydrogen-powered Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are carbon-free power devices that meet these goals in both mobile and stationary applications. BLESSED aims at revolutionising the design process of next generation PEMFCs, to improve efficiency, durability and affordability for widespread use, with direct implications in clean energy and sustainable industry/mobility. BLESSED will train 15 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) to solve Multi-Scale (MS) engineering challenges, from the electrons up to the device level, through a unique combination of multi-disciplinary computational methods with Machine Learning (ML) to bridge each length scale’s highly accurate model to adjacent scales. Then, a top-down length scale approach will be followed to optimise PEMFC and its components. To this end, the 15 DCs will synergistically develop a unique MS computational framework for the all-scale PEMFC analysis/design, assisted by ML tools. This will allow the simultaneous consideration of complex physico-chemical phenomena occurring at all length scales, such as catalytically-assisted chemical reactions, contact of rough surfaces, mechanical/chemical degradation of membranes, fluid flows in porous media etc., at affordable computational cost. The proposed ID-network brings together world-class academic expertise on numerical modelling and simulation in electrochemistry, reacting flows, fluid mechanics, materials, optimisation methods and ML, with industrial developers. With a strong focus on industrial applications, BLESSED will develop methodologies and tools to exceed state-of-the-art in PEMFCs by minimising the Platinum group metal content and corrosion while maximising mass transport and electrical conductivity.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronics
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineering
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit GrantCoordinator
1140 Brussel
Belgium
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Participants (16)
157 80 Athina
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69469 Weinheim
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2700 Wiener Neustadt
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
185 31 Piraeus
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
6534 Thuin
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
20018 Donostia San Sebastian
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
80686 Munchen
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79098 Freiburg
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11000 Belgrade
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74100 Rethimno
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75794 Paris
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34136 Trieste
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1040 Wien
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1000 Ljubljana
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8020 Graz
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4232 Hagenberg
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435 35 Mölnlycke
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11001 Belgrade
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1348 Louvain La Neuve
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RG12 2XB Bracknell Berkshire
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570 01 Θεσσαλονικη
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80025 Amiens
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SW7 2AZ London
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