Hydrogen

• Naturalhy
• Cachet
• Dynamis
• Roads2HyCom

NATURALHY (completed)

Gasunie ran this European project. The goal was to study shared transport and distribution facilities for natural gas and hydrogen (holding about 15% hydrogen and 85% natural-gas on average).
This sizeable project gathered roughly 40 partner organizations from several European Union countries.
IFP Energies nouvelles focused on research into polymer distribution network permeability, head-loss characterization, lining aging and steel embrittlement due to molecular hydrogen.
 
>> Further information: Naturalhy project website

CACHET (completed)

CACHET - Carbon Capture via Hydrogen Energy Technology - the project's goal was to develop hydrogen production technology to considerably reduce the cost of capturing CO₂ from natural gas.
HyGenSys™ - IFP Energies nouvelles, leading the work package in charge of HyGenSys development within the CACHET project, developed HyGenSys™. The process employs a steam-reforming reaction of natural gas in a compact convection-heated reactorexchanger with pressurized hot gases exiting a gas turbine. This new concept enhances thermal integration and guarantees high efficiency, at the same time facilitating CO₂ capture.
 
>> Further information: Cachet website

DYNAMIS (completed)

Dynamis, a European FP6 project, aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of the HYPOGEN concept for large-scale European facilities producing hydrogen and electricity from fossil fuels with CO₂ capture and permanent storage.
Coordinated by SINTEF, Dynamis gathered 30 partner oil and gas companies, electric utilities, research institutes and service providers, and their efforts to pool their experience in CO₂ capture and geological storage.
IFP Energies nouvelles's main role in this project was to select power-plant technologies, and CO₂ capture and storage options.
 
>> Further information: Dynamis project website

Roads2HyCom (completed)

The Roads2HyCom project was a partnership of 29 stakeholder organisations supported by the European Commission FP6 and coordinated by Ricardo.
The project studied technical and socio-economic issues associated with the use of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in a sustainable energy economy.
IFP Energies nouvelles was involved in studying potential technological developments for hydrogen production and applications, and identifying research risks and opportunities awaiting hydrogen applications.
 
>> The final report of the Roads2HyCom project is available at www.roads2hy.com.