Project description
Guidelines for sustainable and safe hydrogen systems
Transitioning to a hydrogen-based economy requires a shift in design practices. The EU’s Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) approach emphasises minimising negative impacts during the design phase. The EU-funded GUESS-WHy project will enhance the sustainability and safety of fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) systems through the SSbD methodology. It will develop seven SSbD guidelines for various FCH systems, addressing the technology readiness levels of the hydrogen value chain in production, storage, and utilisation. These guidelines will provide impact assessments and recommendations for improving safety and sustainability throughout their life cycles. The project will gather input from previous projects, stakeholders, and existing literature and will follow a standard development process.
Objective
The transition to a hydrogen-based economy necessitates a paradigm shift in design approaches. Traditional engineering practices must be augmented with a holistic perspective that considers safety, environmental, social, and economic principles in the whole life cycle of the target system. The safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approach, recently recommended at the EU level in a specific framework, is the highest standard to reduce the negative life cycle impacts directly in the design phase.
GUESS-WHy project aims to improve the sustainability and safety of the fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) systems by promoting the SSbD methodology.
GUESS-WHy will develop and publish seven SSbD guidelines of seven different FCH systems, covering different technology readiness level (TRL) along the hydrogen value chain (production, storage and utilization). Selected systems are (5+2): PEM electrolyzer, SOFC system, Alkaline electrolyzer, metal hydrides storage, H2 gas turbine plus PEM-FC and SOE electrolyzer based on the existing sustainable-by-design guidelines. The SSbD guidelines provide the impact assessment of the system as well as the recommendations and products concepts for safe and sustainable impact improvements along the whole life cycle.
The project will start collecting inputs from previous projects, stakeholders and literature. The guidelines will be developed following a standard process: product definition, initial impact assessment, idea generation and scenario and benchmark analysis.
Dissemination and exploitation will target both the regulatory field and the industrial stakeholders to promote the utilization of the guidelines.
GUESS-WHy consortium is composed of universities and research centers, expert in safety and sustainability assessments, and by private companies with expertise in the design and production of FCH systems. GUESS-WHy is supported by a network of public bodies and industries interested in providing inputs and disseminating project results.
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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HORIZON-JU-CSA - HORIZON JU Coordination and Support Actions
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024
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06123 Perugia
Italy
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