Descrizione del progetto
Far progredire l’elettrolisi per un’industria sostenibile
Le tecnologie di elettrolisi sono essenziali per ridurre le emissioni di carbonio nelle industrie europee, ma devono affrontare sfide significative in termini di costi, efficienza e scalabilità. Il progetto ELECTROLIFE, finanziato dall’UE, affronta questi problemi studiando i meccanismi di degrado degli elettrolizzatori, con l’obiettivo di migliorare l’efficienza e ridurre l’uso di materiali critici. Attraverso test, simulazioni e prototipi, ELECTROLIFE punta a una riduzione dei costi del 40% per gli elettrolizzatori alcalini e a membrana a scambio protonico, e del 70% per gli elettrolizzatori a membrana a scambio anionico e a ossido solido. La promessa è quella di soluzioni scalabili, riciclabili e durevoli, in grado di trasformare la capacità produttiva europea. Concentrandosi sui sistemi di controllo predittivo e sui centri dati online, ELECTROLIFE sta guidando il progresso delle tecnologie dell’idrogeno verde per un futuro sostenibile.
Obiettivo
The ELECTROLIFE project aims to be a booster to enable the use of green hydrogen technologies to support decarbonization of European global industry. Currently, electrolysis technologies suffer from limitations in terms of cost, efficiency, stability, scalability, and recyclability. This is mainly due to the lack of understanding and identification of electrolyzer degradation mechanisms and improvement of current cell performance. ELECTROLIFE aims to increase the efficiency performance of electrolyzers by reducing the use of critical materials and extending the useful life of these systems. These goals will be achieved through test campaigns to identify multiple degradation mechanisms on multiple scales, multiphysics simulations with superimposed degradation mechanisms, prototyping of cells and stack components, and construction of dedicated test benches. The type of testing will be harmonized through dedicated protocols, and test results will be processed and made available through dedicated online data centers. In addition, diagnostic and stack health models will be developed to reduce the degradation rate, enabling the implementation of predictive control systems. ELECTROLIFE will demonstrate the implementation of durable stacks using relevant experimental methods through the production of high-performance technologies with minimal CRM content, enabling scalability and recyclability. ELECTROLIFE is expected to reduce the average cost of ownership of the electrolyzers by 40% for AEL and PEMEL and by 70% for AEMEL and SOEL. These achievements will enable utilization of the innovations developed by ELECTROLIFE, reaching 15% of European production capacity (corresponding to about +3GW/a - IEA 2022).
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectrolysis
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysics
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydrogen energy
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
10129 Torino
Italia