ITM Power announces the completion of the Phaedrus project
On 28 November 2012 the company announced that it has received confirmation of a €3.59m grant award from a programme of the European Union's Joint Technology Initiatives. The award was to a consortium for the development of an advanced refuelling system using ITM Power's high pressure hydrogen electrolysis technology. The Company's share of this award is €0.87m. The programme, known as the PHAEDRUS project and funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (SP1-JTI-FCH.2011.1.8), aimed to develop an all electrochemical 70MPa (700 bar) hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) in the passenger car segment. This aimed to demonstrate the applicability of electrochemical hydrogen compression technology in combination with self-pressurising Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolyser technology.
In the three year programme, ITM Power has worked with consortium members Hydrogen Efficiency Technologies B.V. (HyET); H2 Logic A/S; Hexagon Composites ASA; Daimler AG; Shell Global Solutions International B.V; Bundesanstalt f?r Materialforschung und -pr?fung; Association pour la Recherche et le D?veloppement des M?thodes Processus Industriels (ARMINES); European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy (JRC-IE); Hochschule Esslingen and Uniresearch B.V. which had overall management responsibility for the project.
The project has successfully developed:
· A model for the most energy efficient method of generating, compressing and dispensing hydrogen at 70MPa (700 bar) from the University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen
· Extensive durability data for high pressure and high current density electrolyser stack components
· Low cost injection moulding processes to provide proven high pressure electrolyser stack components
· Optimisation of an electrochemical compressor offering a route to hydrogen compression without moving parts
· Successful development and use of a high pressure, high current density stack test rig and integration with electrochemical compressor
· Technology cost comparison undertaken with Daimler
Dr Simon Bourne, CTO, ITM Power plc commented: "PHAEDRUS has been an excellent platform from which to develop, test and qualify our next generation electrolyser components. Increasing current density and pressure are two effective ways to reduce capital cost and footprint, further enhancing our clean fuel offering. I am grateful to our project partners and the FCH-JU for their support."
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