The following projects are currently being worked on as part of our research focus "Hydrogen Technologies":
EFRE REACT Invest project "GreenMat": Material technologies to reduce CO₂ emissions - Materials for hydrogen infrastructure and energy storage.
The aim of the REACT Invest project "GreenMat" is to complement the existing R&D infrastructure at Leibniz-IWT with additional research equipment in a targeted manner in order to adequately address climate change and the associated challenges of applied research.
This project received funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is funded as part of the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Against the background of climate change, industrial production and mobility solutions must be converted in such a way that CO2 emissions are avoided wherever possible or at least significantly reduced. A key approach here is to use hydrogen as an energy carrier but also as a reducing agent in steel production. In the long term, hydrogen production must be switched to so-called green sources which do not cause any additional CO2 emissions. While decarbonization in energy production through the use of renewable sources is already relatively advanced, longer-term energy storage remains a challenge. In particular, storage is needed to at least partially decouple the volatile supply of renewable energy from demand.
The aim of the REACT Invest project "GreenMat" is to specifically complement the existing R&D infrastructure at Leibniz-IWT with the research equipment listed below in order to adequately address the above challenges through applied research, as already requested by many companies against the background of decarbonization:
- Energy storage: measurement and control technology for setting required material/pulse properties, as well as equipment for characterizing the properties achieved during the generation process as well as after the end of the process with correspondingly greater detail resolution.
- Materials for hydrogen storage: equipment with controlled atmospheric properties for thermochemical treatment of materials for setting targeted protective coatings without using critical elements.
- Characterization of "green" steel: Equipment for highly accurate determination of the chemical composition as well as the variance of the same within a batch and in comparison between differently processed batches.
Processing: Leibniz-IWT
Funding: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Duration: 01.01.2023 until 31.12.2023
This project is part of the research focus "Hydrogen Technologies" at IWT Bremen.
Contact:
Dr.-Ing. Rainer Tinscher
Telefon: +49421 218 51302
E-Mail: tinscher(at)iwt-bremen.de
TiHydrAero – Alloy development, microstructure adjustment, and interaction area modification of titanium alloys with enhanced hydrogen compatibility
Within this project titanium alloy with increased hydrogen compatibility will be developed. The microstructure of the alloy will be locally adjusted by additive manufacturing and post-processing methods.
Target parameters are mechanical propertys, hydrogen diffusion and resistance to hydrogen embrittlement. The processing of the alloy will be investigated at Leibniz-IWT using PBF-MB/M at build plate temperatures above 500 °C and by cold gas spraying. The adjustment following additive component manufacturing is aimed at by means of heat treatment and machining.
Processing: WT-LW, WT-FT
Funding: LuFo VI-3 20E2227A
Duration: 01.04.2023 bis 31.03.2026
This project is part of the research focus "Hydrogen Technologies" at IWT Bremen.
Contact:
Dr.-Ing. Anastasiya Tönjes
Telefon: +49421 218 51491
E-Mail: toenjes(at)iwt-bremen.de
Me2H2 - iron-steam process for the transport and storage of hydrogen
The scientific and technical goal of the project is to further develop the iron-steam technology for a large-scale transport and storage of iron (alloys) for the domestic hydrogen production.
Iron-steam process for the transport and storage of hydrogen Hydrogen plays a central role in industrial decarbonisation, however, the quantities of hydrogen required are so large that the possibility of supplying it solely on the basis of domestic renewable energy is problematic. Therefore, in addition to the storage problem, the aspect of how a sufficient supply of hydrogen can be imported also plays an important role. In addition to the relatively easier transport compared with the compressed and liquefied form, the metal-steam process offers the possibility to produce hydrogen, heat and additional electrical energy from metals at the place of consumption (internally) by the oxidation with steam. The oxide is then returned to regions with a high availability of renewable energy (external) for a further reduction.
The scientific and technical goal of the project is to further develop the iron-steam technology for a large-scale transport and storage of iron (alloys) for the domestic hydrogen production. Besides the identification of optimized material systems, the development of a suitable process technology is seen as a core task of this project, what should solve the problem of a decreasing reactivity of the iron carrier in the classical iron-steam process.
Editing: WT-MA
Cooperation: University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Technologies of Metals (ITM), Chair of Metallurgy of Iron and Steel Production; Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Metallurgy (IMET), Metallurgical Process Technology; thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG; SMS group GmbH
Funding: BMBF 03SF0658C (Me2H2)
Duration: N.N.
This project is part of the research focus "Hydrogen Technologies" at IWT Bremen.
Contact:
Dr.-Ing. Andree Irretier
Telefon: +49 421 218 51419
E-Mail: irretier(at)mpa-bremen.de
