Descripción del proyecto
Preparar el camino para la ampliación rentable de la electrólisis de óxido sólido
Las celdas de electrólisis de óxido sólido disocian el agua (H2O) en hidrógeno (H2) limpio y oxígeno sin generar emisiones. También se pueden utilizar en la coelectrolisis de H2O y CO2 para producir gas de síntesis y reducir las emisiones de CO2. La adopción generalizada de esta tecnología prometedora requerirá mejoras adicionales en el rendimiento y reducciones de costes, así como procesos de fabricación rentables a gran escala. En el proyecto OUTFOX, financiado con fondos europeos, se abordarán estos retos y se preparará el camino hacia electrolizadores de óxido sólido para sistemas industriales que produzcan H2 limpio de forma rentable y que, además, sean compatibles con las cadenas de producción en serie. Las innovaciones se probarán en dos campañas con dos configuraciones diferentes de pilas de celdas durante un total de más de cuatro mil horas.
Objetivo
The main aim of OUTFOX is to remove scale as limiting factor in the deployment of SOEL technologies, while proving their potential to become the preferred option for green hydrogen production. By combining experimental results up to 80 kW scales with identification of optimal cell and system designs, OUTFOX will prepare SOEL for industrial scale systems of 100+ MW with an LCOH as low as €2.7/kg hydrogen and applicability to mass manufacturing lines.
The industrially-driven OUTFOX consortium will combine expertise on cell, stack and module development, manufacturing, and full system evaluation to advance the maturity of SOEL and contribute to the targets of the Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA. OUTFOX will achieve current densities of at least 0.85 A/cm2 through the use of cells with 25% less thickness than current high volume state-of-the-art, improving sustainability through reducing total materials requirements. Scale-up will be approached from two sides: (1) development and validation of cells with geometric areas up to 800 cm2 that are compatible with at-scale manufacturing techniques, and (2) validation of optimized design concepts with increased numbers of stacks per module. The partners will validate high current density operation with reference scale (144 cm2), industrial scale (>300 cm2) and next-generation cells (900 cm2) in single repeating units, short stacks of 15 cells, and 80 kW prototype systems, leading to more than 10,000 hours of SOEL operation.
Two separate 80 kW testing campaigns with two different stack configurations and a total of more than 4000 operating hours, to be tested onsite at the Shell facilities in Amsterdam, will go beyond the scope of the call text to provide a comprehensive validation of the OUTFOX technology, thus providing key data for design of a full scale 100+ MW SOEL system, including the module configuration and all balance of plant requirements, and preparing the technology for a multi-MW demonstration following the project end
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
2595 DA Den Haag
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