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Advanced Clean Combustion for hydrogen-basEd Power Technology

Project description

Powering the future with clean hydrogen

Hydrogen-fired gas turbines could deliver zero-carbon electricity at large scale. However, there is a major hurdle to overcome. Stabilising hydrogen flames at high pressures without producing harmful emissions is challenging. Unlike natural gas, hydrogen burns differently, making its combustion harder to predict, particularly under pressure. These gaps in understanding hinder the development of advanced Dry Low Emission (DLE) systems needed for clean, efficient power generation. With this in mind, the EU-funded ACCEPT project aims to close this knowledge gap by investigating how pressure affects the turbulent burning rate of premixed hydrogen flames. Its findings will pave the way for next-generation gas turbines that are both high-performing and environmentally friendly, helping Europe transition to a sustainable energy future.

Objective

Hydrogen-fired gas turbines can potentially produce electric power (or mechanical work) at unmatched scale with zero carbon emissions. Furthermore, they will yield this potential at high cycle efficiency and with virtually zero emissions of atmospheric pollutants once advanced Dry Low Emission (DLE) combustion systems, able to robustly and reliably stabilise premixed hydrogen flames at high pressures, are successfully developed.
However, the development of such advanced DLE combustion systems is presently hampered by the existence of knowledge gaps about premixed hydrogen combustion at high pressure. More specifically, a crucial lack of knowledge concerns the pressure dependence of the turbulent burning rate in premixed hydrogen flames. This is due to the fundamental combustion characteristics of premixed hydrogen flames, largely deviating from those of natural gas and other more conventional hydrocarbons and affects our ability to accurately predict the stability limits of these flames.

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Funding Scheme

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

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2024

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Coordinator

UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE
Net EU contribution
€ 1 038 038,54
Address
DRIENERLOLAAN 5
7522 NB Enschede
Netherlands
Region
Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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