HYCORA

Hydrogen Contaminant Risk Assessment

 Coordinatore Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy 

 Organization address address: Vuorimiehentie 3
city: Espoo
postcode: 2150

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Jari
Cognome: Ihonen
Email: send email
Telefono: +358 50 346 0970

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Finland [FI]
 Totale costo 3˙906˙912 €
 EC contributo 2˙159˙024 €
 Programma FP7-JTI
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives
 Code Call FCH-JU-2013-1
 Funding Scheme JTI-CP-FCH
 Anno di inizio 2014
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2014-04-01   -   2017-03-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy

 Organization address address: Vuorimiehentie 3
city: Espoo
postcode: 2150

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Jari
Cognome: Ihonen
Email: send email
Telefono: +358 50 346 0970

FI (Espoo) coordinator 417˙913.00
2    STIFTELSEN SINTEF

 Organization address address: Strindveien 4
city: TRONDHEIM
postcode: 7465

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Tove Lililan
Cognome: Hønstad
Email: send email
Telefono: +47 98243437

NO (TRONDHEIM) participant 511˙155.00
3    COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

 Organization address address: RUE LEBLANC 25
city: PARIS 15
postcode: 75015

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Yves
Cognome: Hussenot
Email: send email
Telefono: +33 4 3878 3226
Fax: +33 4 3878 5132

FR (PARIS 15) participant 425˙534.00
4    JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

 Organization address address: Rue de la Loi 200
city: BRUSSELS
postcode: 1049

contact info
Titolo: Mrs.
Nome: Josephina
Cognome: Pijls
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 224565656

BE (BRUSSELS) participant 344˙000.00
5    PROTEA LIMITED

 Organization address address: THE COURTYARD 101 RADWAY GREEN VENTURE PARK
city: CREWE
postcode: CW2 5PR

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Richard
Cognome: Camm
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1270256256

UK (CREWE) participant 270˙050.00
6    Powercell Sweden AB

 Organization address address: RUSKVADERSGATAN 12
city: GOTEBORG
postcode: 418 34

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Per
Cognome: Ekdunge
Email: send email
Telefono: +46 739103702
Fax: +46 317203621

SE (GOTEBORG) participant 190˙372.00
7    TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT

 Organization address address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A
city: ESPOO
postcode: 02044 VTT

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Jari
Cognome: Ihonen
Email: send email
Telefono: +358 50 346 0970
Fax: +358 20 722 7048

FI (ESPOO) participant 0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In HyCoRA project, a strategy for cost reduction for hydrogen fuel quality assurance QA is developed and executed. For developing this strategy, hydrogen quality risk assessment is used to define the needs for hydrogen impurity gas analysis, system level PEMFC contaminant research as well as needs for purification needs in hydrogen production, especially produced by steam methane reforming (SMR).

The use of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment enables identification of critical needs for gas analysis development and guides the research work on those issues, which require most attention. The development of quantitative risk model enables implementation of data from other parallel activities in USA, Japan and Korea.

The measurement campaigns in hydrogen refuelling stations, as well as in SMR production units, provide quantitative data, which can be used for identification of canary species, when analysed with help of quantitative risk assessment.

Essential part of the HyCoRA project is hydrogen contaminant research in PEMFC system level. The research is performed in down-scaled automotive fuel cell systems, which can replicate all the features of full-scale automotive fuel cell systems, including the change of gases in the anode and cathode during the start-stop cycling. The contaminants and levels to be studied are, excluding obvious carbon monoxide, determined using risk assessment with help of automotive advisory board.

The main objective of HyCoRA project is to provide information to lower reduce cost of hydrogen fuel QA. However, it will also provide recommendations for revision of existing ISO 14687-2:2012 standard for hydrogen fuel in automotive applications.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Understanding the requirements for hydrogen fuel quality and quality assurance for road vehicles is the key to decreasing the cost of hydrogen for the large-scale commercialisation of fuel cell road vehicles.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Funded by the EU, the project http://hycora.eu/ (HYCORA) (Hydrogen contaminant risk assessment) is working out a strategy for significantly decreasing the cost of hydrogen quality assurance.

The project uses risk assessment to identify critical needs for hydrogen impurity gas analysis, contamination of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and purified hydrogen. The focus is mainly on steam reforming for hydrogen production and pressure swing adsorption for purification.

Research regarding the contamination of PEMFCs is performed in single cella and in a down-scaled automotive fuel cell system. The possible mitigation effect due the start and stop is analysed. The contaminants and their levels are determined and used in risk assessment with the help of an automotive advisory board.

Measurement campaigns in hydrogen refuelling stations will provide quantitative data regarding the fuel composition and variations in impurity concentrations.

Work on the susceptibility of hydrogen contaminants and characterisation of analytical methods for hydrogen quality assurance has already started. Project partners have obtained significant results on the hydrogen poisoning rate. In particular, they have found that the effect of carbon monoxide on catalyst poisoning rate highly depends on the current density and seems to depend on the cathode gas diffusion layer.

The first version of a qualitative risk model has been presented at a workshop in Brussels.

Contaminant measurements in fuel cells are providing the possibility of revising current standards for hydrogen quality characteristics in automotive applications. HYCORA should ultimately lead to cheaper and more reliable quality assurance procedures and instrumentation for hydrogen refuelling stations.

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