Design, manufacture and experimental validation of a tank to store hydrogen at high pressure.
The HIDROGENIA project develops and validates to TRL 5 a type IV tank to safely store hydrogen at high pressure (700 bars).
These types of tanks are already manufactured today, but they present permeability problems because the materials used do not have a sufficient barrier effect against hydrogen passage.
Eurecat participates in the HIDROGENIA project through different Technological Units:
- The Product Development & Multiphysics Simulation Unit designs the interior liner and calculates the tank based on the numerical simulation of the different elements of the tank.
- The Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit studies the hydrogen permeability of the materials used to manufacture the polymeric inner liner and the outer composite coating.
- The Composites Materials Unit and the Plastic Materials Unit develop new formulations of polymeric materials (compounding) to reduce the permeability of this type of materials in hydrogen, in addition to manufacturing the interior liner of the tank.
In addition to Eurecat, HIDROGENIA is participated by the aeronautical engineering company SOFITEC.
General details
Project
HIDROGENIA – Design, manufacture, and validation of a hydrogen gas storage tank improving its permeability properties for aeronautics applications
Project reference
CPP2021-008530
Programme and call for tender
Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the call “R+D+i Projects in Public-Private Collaboration”, State Program to Promote Scientific and Technical Research and its Transfer, from the State Plan for Scientific, Technical Research and Innovation 2021-2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan
