Descrizione del progetto
Un approccio economicamente vantaggioso per ampliare la produzione delle celle di elettrolizzazione a ossidi solidi
Il progetto PilotSOEL, finanziato dall’UE, si prefigge di sviluppare celle con elettrolizzatore a ossidi solidi funzionanti ad alte temperature avvalendosi di processi produttivi scalabili e a basso costo. L’attenzione sarà rivolta all’espansione della produzione di componenti grazie all’impiego di materie prime meno critiche e all’incremento del riciclaggio di rifiuti. I ricercatori introdurranno un nuovo processo di fusione di nastri ad acqua per la produzione di semicelle e strati protettivi di barriera allo scopo di migliorare le prestazioni e la durata delle celle in condizioni di funzionamento ad alta corrente. Il progetto eseguirà una valutazione del ciclo di vita e un’analisi tecno-economica allo scopo di valutare i nuovi processi, con l’obiettivo finale di far passare il livello di maturità del processo di fabbricazione dell’elettrolizzatore a ossidi solidi dal 4 al 5. I risultati del progetto potrebbero rafforzare la competitività dell’Europa nel mercato in espansione delle tecnologie basate sull’elettrolisi.
Obiettivo
PilotSOEL will develop and demonstrate SOEL cells and stacks for high-current operation, applying advanced scalable manufacturing processes to enable SOEL production at much lower cost than for today’s state-of-the-art (SoA) products.
The project will focus on innovative upscalable and low-cost SOEL component manufacturing processes with reduced use of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) and waste recycling in the cell production processes, and increase the degree of automation in the stack assembly to reduce manufacturing cost.
The project will develop a novel environmentally friendly water-based tape casting process with a reduced number of process steps for half-cell production. Innovative thin protective barrier layers deposited by ALD and PVD, together with microstructural cell optimisation, will reduce the cell resistance, improving the cell performance and durability at high current operation. The dense and thin coating made by PVD will improve the oxidization resistance of the interconnector, allowing the use of cheaper alloys, and ensuring a long stack lifetime. A life-cycle assessment (LCA) and a techno-economic analysis (TEA) will be performed to benchmark the developed processes in PilotSOEL with the SoA SOEL production processes. The project is aiming to improve the SOEL processing MRL from MRL 4 at the beginning of the project to at least MRL 5 at the end of the project.
The PilotSOEL consortium is formed by experienced industries and research partners with complementary competences and well-defined roles in the project, including cell and cell component development (DTU, ELCAS, Naco, Beneq), interconnector coating development (Naco, ELCOY), stack development and stack assembly process automation (ELCOY), performance validation (DTU), and finally LCA/TEA (UL) of SOEL manufacture. PilotSOEL will ensure the competitive position of key European industries/SMEs in the rapidly growing world market for electrolysis technology, taking the leadership in this area.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processing
- social sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
2800 Kongens Lyngby
Danimarca