SSH2S

The main obejective is to develop a full tank-FC integrated system according to the requirements of the call and to demonstrate its application on a real system. A new class of materials for hydrogen storage (i.e. MM'(BH4)n mixed borohydrides) as well as an already known system (li-Mg-N-H) will be explored. A new concept of solid state hydrogen tank (i.e. combination of two materials) will be investigated. The application of hydrogen tank on real system will be experimented with a 1 kW prototype on High Temperature polymer Electrolyte Membrane (HTPEM) fuel cells. On the basis of the results obtained in the first part of the project, an ON/OFF milestone will be considered. If suitable performances will be obtained for the prototype integrated system, a scale up of the tank will be applied to a 5 kW APU.

The final goal is to clearly demonstrate the applicability of the proposed integrated  system in real applications. This final step in the project will allow a critical analysis of the system cost.
For this goal, a consortium has been developed with the following expertises:
- Materials development, synhesis and characterisation: UNITO, IFE, KIT, JRC
- Tank design and production: DLR, TD, KIT, UNITO, JRC
- Tank-FC integration and demonstration: DLR, TD, SER, CRF, UNITO

The partners:
CRF - Centro Ricerche Fiat SCPA (Italy)
DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für luft und Raumfahrt e.V (Germany)
IFE - Institute for Energy Technology (Norway)
JRC - Joint Research Centre (EU)
KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
SER - SerEnergy A/S (Denmark)
TD - Tecnodelta SRL (Italy)
UNITO - Universita degli studi di Torino (Italy)

Total EU contribution is 1,6 M€ (IFE's share is 0.24 M€)