Hydrogen-containing off-streams are generated during the operation of research facilities, test benches and large-scale scientific equipment. Although these streams may still contain valuable hydrogen, they are often not reused because their pressure, purity, humidity or flow conditions do not meet the requirements of the receiving infrastructure.
The research project JaWoll investigates an integrated process for recovering this hydrogen and making it available for reuse. The proposed system combines gas conditioning, electrochemical hydrogen purification and compression with metal-hydride-based storage and compression.
The recovered hydrogen will subsequently be made available again for research infrastructure and large-scale scientific equipment. In this way, JaWoll aims to reduce hydrogen losses, lower the demand for newly supplied hydrogen and improve the resource efficiency of hydrogen research facilities.
The project is funded by the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of its initiative to improve the resource-efficient use of large-scale scientific equipment.
For More Details: *JaWoll: Jagen und Sammeln - Aufbereiteter Wasserstoff aus Forschungsprojekten zur Versorgung von Großgeräten mittels elektrochemischer Kompression und Metallhydriden.
*English Translation: Hunting and Gathering - Processed hydrogen from research projects for supplying largescale equipment via electrochemical compression and metal hydrides.