Descripción del proyecto
Detección de impurezas en hidrógeno combustible
El hidrógeno combustible puede contener impurezas, lo cual afecta a la calidad y la seguridad del combustible y repercute en el rendimiento de la pila de combustible. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto financiado con fondos europeos HQE investigará y comprenderá la calidad del hidrógeno combustible en Europa. Al tomar muestras puntuales de hidrógeno de al menos cien estaciones de repostaje de hidrógeno en trece países europeos, el proyecto proporcionará datos sobre las impurezas presentes en el hidrógeno combustible. Esto permitirá a los operadores de las estaciones de repostaje de hidrógeno elaborar un plan rentable de garantía de la calidad basado en la evaluación de riesgos en lugar de emplear un enfoque prescriptivo, lo cual reducirá el coste del hidrógeno en el surtidor y aumentará la confianza de los consumidores. En el proyecto también se desarrollarán capacidades de prueba y se investigará la aparición de nuevas impurezas.
Objetivo
HyQuality Europe aims to understand hydrogen fuel quality across Europe and enable HRS operators to provide assurance that their fuel is fulfilling the required quality standards. The project is designed to understand hydrogen fuel quality in Europe by carrying out a representative mass market investigation of European HRS hydrogen quality, collecting 300 spot samples of both light-duty (700 bar, <60 g/s flow rate) and heavy-duty samples (350 bar, >60 g/s flow rate) from at least 100 HRS in at least 13 European countries. These samples will be analysed by the leading hydrogen analysis laboratories in Europe, and the results will be published in an open-source database. The results will provide the data to clarify the Occurrence Class of different European HRS impurities, from which HRS operators will be able to form a cost-effective risk assessment quality assurance plan instead of taking an expensive prescriptive approach. By facilitating HRS operators to provide low cost quality assurance the project will lower the price of hydrogen at the nozzle and subsequently increase consumer confidence, increase the incentive for fleet operators to switch to hydrogen vehicles, and enable the widespread deployment of hydrogen vehicles and refuelling infrastructure.
The project will also advance upon state-of-the-art hydrogen quality assurance by instrumenting 3 HRS with online analysers, and develop testing capacity by laboratory proficiency testing 10 European hydrogen analysis laboratories in line with ISO standards. Finally, the occurrence of a minimum of 4 new impurities will be investigated using wide scope analytical techniques. The project will proactively seek to influence the development of ISO standards and future research on this crucial topic through the involvement of leading researchers in the field.
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
7034 Trondheim
Noruega