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HyCoRA - Hydrogen Contaminant Risk Assessment

In HyCoRA project, a strategy for cost reduction for hydrogen fuel quality assurance QA is developed and executed.

For developing this strategy, hydrogen quality risk assessment is used to define the needs for hydrogen impurity gas analysis, system level PEMFC contaminant research as well as needs for purification needs in hydrogen production, especially produced by steam methane reforming (SMR).

The use of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment enables identification of critical needs for gas analysis development and guides the research work on those issues, which require most attention. The development of quantitative risk model enables implementation of data from other parallel activities in USA, Japan and Korea. The measurement campaigns in hydrogen refuelling stations, as well as in SMR production units, provide quantitative data, which can be used for identification of canary species, when analysed with help of quantitative risk assessment.

Essential part of the HyCoRA project is hydrogen contaminant research in PEMFC system level. The research is performed in down-scaled automotive fuel cell systems, which can replicate all the features of full-scale automotive fuel cell systems, including the change of gases in the anode and cathode during the start-stop cycling. The contaminants and levels to be studied are, excluding obvious carbon monoxide, determined using risk assessment with help of automotive advisory board.

The main objective of HyCoRA project is to provide information to lower reduce cost of hydrogen fuel QA. However, it will also provide recommendations for revision of existing ISO 14687-2:2012 standard for hydrogen fuel in automotive applications.

 

Updatings

January 17, 2018 - Deliverables
August 17, 2017 - Workshop
July 21, 2017 - Workshop
June 22, 2017 - Workshop
May 31, 2016 - Deliverables
February 22, 2016 - Deliverables
December 2, 2015 - Workshop Presentations
September 29, 2015 - Workshop Agenda
September 7, 2015 - D1.1.
February 4, 2015 - New FCH JU logo
November 20, 2014 - Presentations
September 12, 2014 - Workshops
April 25, 2014 - Site published.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 621223.


Contacts 

Jari Ihonen
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Email: jari.ihonen@vtt.fi