Cost-efficient small scale hydrogen liquefaction
Funds research into cost-efficient, small-scale hydrogen liquefaction for remote and off-grid users.
The Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking runs this as a single-stage Research and Innovation Action, costed as a lump sum under the Commission's July 2021 lump-sum contributions decision, with the JU estimating that its own EUR 6,000,000 contribution is enough to cover the expected work. Activities are expected to start at TRL 4 and reach TRL 6 by the project's end. Applicants use the standard HORIZON…
This call funds research into cost-efficient, small-scale hydrogen liquefaction (under 5 tonnes per day) for remote transport hubs, off-grid communities and smaller industrial facilities that cannot rely on large centralised liquefaction plants. Proposals should cut the capital and operating costs of small-scale liquefaction while optimising energy use and handling fluctuating demand. The technology must be benchmarked against today's commercial Helium Brayton and Claude cycle systems at both 1 and 5 tonnes-per-day scale, targeting a liquefaction cost around EUR 3.5 per kilogram for the 1 tonne-per-day unit. Proposals should also build a system-oriented Digital Twin of the new thermal concept to support the design phase and assess scalability up to 5 tonnes per day.
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