GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Proposals for this topic should therefore cover the following elements:

• investigate the type of streams containing hydrogen that need purification, as example, mixtures with < 20% hydrogen or “almost pure” hydrogen (> 98%). Different pressure levels of the hydrogen containing mixture could be considered. Should demonstrate applicability on 2 types of streams; Hydrogen de-blending from Natural Gas lines is excluded;
• include a review of the existing industrial streams where hydrogen purification is needed, highlighting the gas composition and operational conditions of these outlet flows;
• demonstrate in a representative industrial application (at TRL7) for the operation of 3000 hours, cost effective concepts for hydrogen purification of renewable hydrogen containing streams; concepts should target > 100 kg/day pure hydrogen output. Coupling different technologies towards a more efficient system may be considered;
• offer and demonstrate an operational capacity to regulate the purity of the output flows from a fluctuating concentration in the industrial stream;
• conduct a techno-economic analysis and an optional life-cycle assessment, comparing the different technologies available on the market;
• analyse the impact of production scaling-up for purification systems.
• consider hydrogen safety issues associated to this process with thorough knowledge of the hazards.
• develop accelerated protocols to assess the lifetime of the components/systems.