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DEVELOPMENT OF A COST EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE HYDROGEN FUEL CELL VEHICLE REFUELLING SYSTEM

Objective

H2Ref addresses the compression and buffering function for the refuelling of 70 MPa passenger vehicles and encompasses all the necessary activities for advancing a novel hydraulics-based compression and buffering system that is very cost effective and reliable from TRL 3 (experimentally proven concept) to TRL 6 (technology demonstrated in relevant environment), thereby proving highly improved performance and reliability in accordance with the following targets that have been defined considering the intrinsic characteristics of this new solution:
- Throughput: 70 MPa dispensing capacity of 6 to 15 vehicles per hour (i.e. 30 to 75 kg/hr) - depending on the inventory level in source storage of the compressed hydrogen - with a 75 kW power supply;
- Robustness and Reliability: 10 years of operation without significant preventive maintenance requirement, demonstrated through intensive lab test simulating 20 refuellings per day during 10 years, i.e. 72,000 refuellings;
- CAPEX: Manufacturing cost of 300 k€ for the compression and buffering module (CBM) assuming serial production (50 systems/yr). This level of cost for the CBM allows to target a cost of 450 k€ for the complete HRS (including pre-cooling and dispensing), assuming application of the optimized approaches for pre-cooling and dispensing control being developed in the HyTransfer project, far below the current HRS cost of approximately 900 k€;
- Energy efficiency: average consumption for compression below 1.5 kWh/kg of dispensed hydrogen, i.e. 50% below the energy consumption of current systems, in fuelling stations supplied by trailers, which is and will likely remain the most common form of supply.
The knowledge gained will allow subsequent development to focus on optimization of components, of design for manufacturing and maintenance, further demonstration, and the development of a product range for different refuelling station sizes, thus taking this innovation to the market.

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CENTRE TECHNIQUE DES INDUSTRIES MECANIQUES
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Avenue Felix Louat 52
60304 Senlis Cedex
France

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Hauts-de-France Picardie Oise
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Research Organisations
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UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE
France
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€ 224 745,55
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Rue Du Docteur Schweitzer Cs 60319 Centre Pierre Guillaumat
60203 Compiegne Cedex

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H2NOVA
France
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€ 309 267,50
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210 Ter Boulevard Pereire
75017 Paris

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Yes
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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
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€ 0,00
HASKEL FRANCE

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France
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34 Rue Des Chateaux
59290 Wasquehal
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Hauts-de-France Nord-Pas de Calais Nord
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HEXAGON RAUFOSS AS
Norway
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€ 1 288 934,00
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Enggata 40
2830 Raufoss

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Norge Innlandet Innlandet
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€ 130 066,00
THE CCS GLOBAL GROUP LIMITED
United Kingdom
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€ 155 500,00
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Church Road 11
KT23 3PB Great Bookham

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Yes
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South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex East Surrey
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€ 0,00
Ludwig-Boelkow-Systemtechnik GmbH
Germany
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€ 58 662,50
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Daimlerstr. 15
85521 Ottobrunn

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Bayern Oberbayern München, Landkreis
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€ 0,00
HASKEL EUROPE LTD
United Kingdom
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€ 2 324 550,00
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North Hylton Road
SR5 3JD Sunderland

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North East (England) Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Sunderland
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€ 646 020,00