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ExpectedOutcome:Developing and deploying cost-competitive and mature Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology by 2030 is crucial for reaching EU’s aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining economic growth. Innovative solutions addressed by the proposals submitted for this topic will contribute to the clean and sustainable transition of the transport sector towards climate neutrality, targeting here its exploitation primarily for road transport, while considering possible spill over benefits for maritime, rail and aviation. The major expected long-term impact is an actual support to cost-competitive deployment of reliable Fuel Cell based heavy-duty land transport, thanks to advances in the PEMFC stack which is the core and one of the main technology building blocks for fuel cell-based propulsion systems.
Cost, power density, efficiency and durability are the key parameters for successful fuel cell stack implementation in heavy-duty transport applications. The final outcomes will be enhanced performance and durability assessed at stack level, through optimised and sustained operation validated at high efficiency under high load. These results will also facilitate i...
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ExpectedOutcome:Developing and deploying cost-competitive and mature Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology by 2030 is crucial for reaching EU’s aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining economic growth. Innovative solutions addressed by the proposals submitted for this topic will contribute to the clean and sustainable transition of the transport sector towards climate neutrality, targeting here its exploitation primarily for road transport, while considering possible spill over benefits for maritime, rail and aviation. The major expected long-term impact is an actual support to cost-competitive deployment of reliable Fuel Cell based heavy-duty land transport, thanks to advances in the PEMFC stack which is the core and one of the main technology building blocks for fuel cell-based propulsion systems.
Cost, power density, efficiency and durability are the key parameters for successful fuel cell stack implementation in heavy-duty transport applications. The final outcomes will be enhanced performance and durability assessed at stack level, through optimised and sustained operation validated at high efficiency under high load. These results will also facilitate integration and the adaptation of the innovative solutions to various user profiles and applications, taking into account hybridisation and fair compromise between stack and system performance.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
Deployment of the developed solutions by PEMFC stack manufacturers (2027);Uptake of the developed solutions by Fuel Cell system developers for their further implementation in trucks, ships, aircrafts or trains (2030);Contribution to Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA KPIs (2024 and 2030) on PEMFC stacks and systems for road transport applications;Identification of new possible routes or breakthrough for PEMFC based on new knowledge (>2030);Proposal of technical ideas adaptable for developments of FC systems for ships, trains or aircrafts (>2030);Contribution to Regulation Codes and Standards in the fields of PEMFC or hydrogen for transport (continuously). Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following objectives of the Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA:
Ready-for-integration solutions for high efficiency PEMFC stacks, demonstrating required cost, durability and performance; Innovations and advances to mitigate issues for both high power and high efficiency usage: on comprehensive operating strategy of the PEMFC; on design of the cell unit; or on design of the overall stack; Improved knowledge on performance limitations and degradation issues for these high power PEMFC. Quantified indicators, included in the Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA KPIs (for 2024) for assessment of these objectives are:
An increase in efficiency versus the stated starting point. Proposals should hence specify the starting point for the technology and system considered.” A FC stack durability of 20,000 hours with beginning of life power density of 1.0 W/cm² at 0.675V. Both should be demonstrated following boundary conditions given in the scope; A global stack cost lower than 75 €/kW and a PGM loading of 0.35 g/kW. Given that the scope is focused on technical improvements of the stack technology, not including direct cost reduction, nor MEA components development, the purpose will be to assess the indirect impact on cost and on specific PGM-loading [g/kW] of the innovations and developments conducted;Agreed validated protocols representative of targeted usage as needed for appropriate assessment of KPIs. Different types of use can be considered including the power demand of balance of plant and auxiliary devices;Supplementary outcomes can be promoted such as: new methodologies or tools, new measurement or simulation methods, characterisation or testing protocols, numerical simulation software or services;
Scope:Advances in the PEMFC stacks technology are needed to support deployment of Fuel Cell heavy-duty transports. Cost-competitive and reliable integration require stack solutions particularly tailored for sustained operation at high stack-power. Proposals should focus on applicability of their developments in the field of land transport, primarily road, while considering possible spill over benefits for maritime, rail and aviation
Proposals should address innovative concepts, designs, methods and/or operating-strategies. Related investigations may tackle cell and stack levels, including flow-fields, bipolar plates or assembling features (e.g. mechanical aspect), as well as the range, the distribution or the management of the operational conditions (e.g. thermal or reactant gases feeding aspects). The overall process should build on comprehension of the currently proven PEMFC technology and further development at stack level targeting optimised operation for high efficiency and extended durability at high stack power density. For the range of power envisioned, increasing efficiency would enhance the overall system with respect to volume savings for fuel storage.
Innovation on MEA is out of scope of this topic. Work should therefore be conducted on validated components, including commercialised or developed in other actions. Availability of baseline features on MEA should be a prerequisite: for commercial or promising R&D products, agreement of companies or developers to provide needed parameters and to allow deep analysis as relevant for reaching expected outcomes is needed. Maximum total loading should be 0.5 mg PGM/cm².
Optimisation should be supported by advanced experimental and simulation tools to analyse the impact of stacks features on their functional properties (e.g., performance level and limitations, voltage losses, electrochemical characteristics) regarding application requirements and system specifications. Local insights, especially meaningful for the large active area considered, should be assessed for different zones, between cells and across interfaces by in- and ex-situ characterisations and by simulations using cell- and stack-design based models. A better specific understanding of global and local mechanisms, occurring in cells and stacks operated at high power and affecting both performance and degradation, should be acquired thanks to spatially distributed analyses. Data will be used to clarify the influence of components, design, assembly or working features (e.g., load profiles, conditions and events). Developed experimental, monitoring or model-based approaches should be exploited to promote expected innovations and advances on comprehensive operating strategy of the PEMFC and on design of the cell unit or of the overall stack.
Compliance with the targeted KPIs, assessment of progress and final validation should be examined at stack scale (minimum 5 kW, or 10-cell-stack and scale-1 cell surface) under relevant conditions representative of actual use, taking into account system requirements for the targeted applications. Validated agreed protocols (including accelerated testing) should be applied to confirm and quantify improvements in areal power density, stack or system efficiency and lifetime. These protocols will be developed within the project if needed or selected in agreement with previous initiatives and in cooperation with relevant applicative roadmaps.
Focusing the development on advanced research work while monitoring progress and validating final optimisation at representative scale under protocols and conditions relevant for system level, is expected to achieve expected outcomes with efficient innovative solutions applicable for short-term integration.
Proposals should, where relevant, build on previous/on-going FHC JU projects[1] addressing transport and similar activities, aligning particularly with: ID-FAST, IMMORTAL or MORELife regarding degradation understanding or ageing protocols; INSPIRE, DOLPHIN for developments on stacks; STaSHH for outcomes related to stack integration.
Proposals should demonstrate how the results would benefit to the whole industry, while protecting intellectual property for the involved partners. With this in mind, proposals should include public deliverables and describe how project data will be made available to the large public.
Consortia should include at least one partner in the consortium for the exploitation of the project results and willingness to exploit the results should be demonstrated. It is encouraged to include actors from research and industry, the latter being interested in PEMFC stacks or system deployment.
Activities developing test protocols and procedures for the performance and durability assessment of electrolysers and fuel cell components proposals should foresee a collaboration mechanism with JRC (see section 2.2.4.3 "Collaboration with JRC"), in order to support EU-wide harmonisation. Test activities should adopt the already published EU harmonised testing protocols[2] to benchmark performance and quantify progress at programme level.
Activities are expected to start at TRL 3 and achieve TRL 5 by the end of the project.
The conditions related to this topic are provided in the chapter 2.2.3.2 of the Clean Hydrogen JU 2022 Annual Work Plan and in the General Annexes to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021–2022 which apply mutatis mutandis.
[1]https://www.clean-hydrogen.europa.eu/projects-repository_en
[2]https://www.clean-hydrogen.europa.eu/knowledge-management/collaboration-jrc-0_en
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