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Hydrogen PEM fuel cell stack for marine applications

Project description

PEM fuel cell technology for maritime decarbonisation

PEM fuel cell technology holds significant promise for increasing power in unmanned and marine applications, contributing to global maritime decarbonisation efforts. The EU-funded H2MARINE project aims to design, test, and validate two PEM stacks capable of generating 250-300 kW of electric power for marine applications. Adopting a top-down approach, the project builds upon the proof of concept of two PEM stacks previously developed in the EU and Switzerland. It will identify testing requirements, conditions, and load curves in collaboration with key stakeholders from the shipbuilding industry and ship owners, representing over 100 large ships. H2MARINE aims to advance PEM fuel cell technology and contribute to the transition towards cleaner and more sustainable maritime transportation.

Objective

The overarching objective of the H2MARINE project is to design, build, test and validate two (2) PEM stacks generating 250 - 300 kW electric power designed for marine applications. The H2MARINE project takes a top-down approach, building on a proof of concept of two PEM stacks that are developed in the EU and Switzerland. The H2MARINE project will:
Identify the requirements for the tests and conditions as well as load curves that the FC stacks will have to be tested against with the integrated knowledge of a major ship building industry (ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems) and ship owners (Cleos) representing Gaslog, Drylog Ltd. And Olympic Shipping (totaling more than 100 large ships).

- Both PowerCell and EHGroup stack manufactures will benefit from a great consortium surrounding their development, testing and upscaling with unique testing facilities (Beyond Gravity, ZSW, Greenerity, University of Freiburg), industrial partners like DANA, upscaling capacities of stacks by CERTH, EPFL and novel diagnostics development by VTT. This will allow them to enhance the state of the art (SoA) of PEMFC stacks, advance and scale up the system to reach ambitious targets set in the call which will be disseminated by CLUBE member of numerous FCH projects.
- Test the proposed solutions in relevant environment/ecosystem, which are designed to fully represent the actual implementation conditions.
- Design the stack modules in an optimum manner for up-scaling up to 10MW power train systems.
- Test several diagnostics for the stack and overall system integrity as well as for the health status prognosis of critical components.
- Assess the technology and economic feasibility of the solution, in order to know its valuable end-use, which will allow the partners to research the potential market/s and identification of the best opportunities.

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HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2023-1

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ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS
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€ 501 250,00
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€ 501 250,00

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