Hydrogen from Regenerative Energy Power Sources: pressurised alkaline electrolyser with high efficiency and wide operating range The Project „RESelyser“ R. Reissner1, G. Schiller1, E. Guelzow1, Y. Alvarez Gallego2, W. Doyen2, A. Funke3, J. Vaes3, J.R. Bowen 4et al. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative under grant agreement n° [278732] 10 1 2 3 4 supported by: Overview presentation • Project Overview • Project partners • Motivation • Problem to be solved: gas purity • Project Approach: „E-by-pass separator“ • Problem to be solved: electrode efficiency and stability • Project Approach: VPS Raney Nickel coating • Cell and Stack Construction • Electrolyer System and BOP • Summary Project Overview • “Hydrogen from RES: pressurised alkaline electrolyser with high efficiency and wide operating range” • Duration Nov. 2011 – Oct. 2014 • Total budget: 2.89 Mio. €, FCH-JU contribution: 1.48 Mio. €; Regional support: 594,000 DKK from ForskEl program of Energinet.dk • Consortium: DLR Dt. Zentrum f. Luft- und Raumfahrt - Germany (coordinator) VITO Vlaamse Instelling voor Technilogisch Onderzoek N.V. - Belgium Hydrogenics Europe NV – Belgium DTU Danmark Techniske Universitet, Risoe Lab - Denmark Project Overview The project develops high pressure, low cost alkaline water electrolysers that can be integrated with renewable power sources using • an advanced membrane concept, • highly efficient electrodes • and a new cell concept 1200 ] 2 solar irradiance m^1000 / W 800 [ n o ti 600 a adi 400 r r r i 200 a ol S 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Time [h] Project partners: DLR DLR has a long background of alkaline electrolysis research from electrodes to systems. HYSOLAR project 1985-1997 350 kW solar hydrogen production demontration plant Project partners: DLR DLR coordinates or participates in several PEM-Electrolysis projects in Germany Plan-DelyKaD (BMWE) 14 months y - d r w u e e Investigation of cost effective electrolysis systems v t O vi S with hydrogen storage in salt caverns LastElSys (BMUB) 3 years Improvement of efficiency and durability in - c i intermittent operation f i t g n n e WESpe (BMWE) 3.5 years i i l c l s e Modelling and experimental validation of electrolysis d d o n systems m a l l a a KompElSys (BMVI) 3 years t c n i e n Development of cost-effective components for PEM- m h c electrolysis i e r e t p Talstraße (LMU BW) 3 years x E System integration study PEM electrolysis at fuelling stations Project partners: VITO Project partners: VITO Project partners: Hydrogenics • Provider of clean solutions based on hydrogen • 120 employees • Listed on NASDAQ (HYGS) and TSX (HYG) • Sales offices, R&D & Production facilites: – Canada (HQ): Fuel Cells – Belgium: Water Electrolyzers & Systems Integration – Germany: Fuel Cell Systems  Sales & Service offices: China, India, Russia • + 1,700 products deployed worldwide since 1948 Project partners: Hydrogenics Lines of business: Onsite Generation Power Systems Water Electrolyzers Power Modules Industrial hydrogen Hydrogen fueling Backup power Mobility power Energy Storage