Description du projet
Une nouvelle manière de surveiller les technologies des piles à combustible
Les technologies des piles à combustible actuelles, qui transforment l’énergie chimique du combustible et de l’oxygène en électricité, sont mises au point au même niveau que d’autres technologies de transformation de l’énergie commercialisées. Les piles à oxyde solide (SOFC) et les piles à combustible à membrane échangeuse de protons (PEMFC) se trouvent parmi les technologies de piles à combustible les plus importantes. Pour surveiller et contrôler ces deux technologies, un instrument spécifique est nécessaire afin de renforcer la production et la commercialisation de la nouvelle génération de systèmes stationnaires de piles à combustible (FCS), innovants, rentables et dotés d’une garantie accrue. Le projet RUBY, financé par l’UE, entend mettre au point cet instrument spécifique et achever ses travaux en intégrant du matériel, un diagnostic de la pile, des algorithmes de contrôle et des algorithmes de détection des défauts pour l’obturateur de sécurité (BOP). L’objectif du projet consiste à évaluer la durée de vie des composants des FCS afin d’atteindre une surveillance précise et fiable.
Objectif
RUBY aims at developing and implementing a tool able to perform integrated Monitoring, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Control functions for production μ-CHP and Backup (BUP) systems, based on SOFC and PEMFC. The proposal is the final step toward the production, installation and commercialization of stationary FCSs with new management functions that will enhance system lifetime, stack durability, availability, reliability and overall performance with improved efficiency. These enhancements will lead to TCO reduction, paving the way toward advanced maintenance service implementation, less cost and increased warranty periods, leading to a better customer satisfaction. RUBY leverages the findings of the last 8 years applied research that contributed to move the FC technologies towards the same maturity of market-available conventional energy conversion technologies. The key-feature of RUBY tool is the Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)-based advanced monitoring of both SOFC and PEMFC stacks, which has been demonstrated viable for its implementation on FCSs. RUBY will finalize the work on the hardware integration with stack diagnostic and control algorithms as well as with fault detection algorithms for BOP. Then, condition monitoring algorithms will be built along with prognostic and advanced adaptive control functions. The holistic vision of the FCS and a thorough knowledge of the State of the Health will be used to evaluate the lifetime of FCS components for improved supervisory control. Artificial Intelligence-based algorithms will be exploited to elaborate grid and FCS data toward the development of control functions for perspective VPP management and future integration with smart-grid. One-year tests will be conducted in real environment for certified μ-CHP and for BUP installed in a controlled real field to concentrate long-term operations in a shorter timeframe. The tool’s components will begin with TRL5/6 and end with TRL8 for μ-CHP and TRL7 for BUP.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationcombined heat and power
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsenergy conversion
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy
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