Innovation Projects

Industrial Application

 

 

 

 

Joint project: KaLiBer? Sub-project: Mobile air pollutant analysis

Industrial Application

The trend in the use of hydrogen in PEM fuel cells is increasingly towards larger applications. In addition to heavy-duty transport (long-distance trucks and buses),…

tKH2steel

IPCEI

The tkH2Steel project by thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is establishing climate-neutral steel production in North Rhine-Westphalia. Through the wide use of hydrogen, climate-friendly…

ChemCh2ange

IPCEI

The aim of the ChemCH2 project is to use the hydrogen produced using renewable energy directly in the ammonia and methanol production plants operated by INEOS in Cologne. In…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial Application

The use of hydrogen sulfide or its admixture, if possible without the costly reinstallation of complete kiln systems, has not yet been introduced in the brick…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial Application

The use of hydrogen sulfide or its admixture, if possible without the costly reinstallation of complete kiln systems, has not yet been introduced in the brick…

Joint project: KaLiBer? Subproject: Filter testing methodology and investigation of harmful gas influence on the cathode

Industrial Application

The trend in the use of hydrogen in PEM fuel cells is increasingly towards larger applications. In addition to heavy-duty transport (long-distance trucks and buses),…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial Application

The use of hydrogen sulfide or its admixture, if possible without the costly reinstallation of complete kiln systems, has not yet been introduced in the brick…

H2-Substitution II

Infrastructure project

The cooperation project investigates the effects of firing H2-rich gas mixtures on the products of metallurgical processes. In addition, possible effects of H2…

Joint project: FlexHybHeat; Sub-project: Conception, development and implementation of the process control system

Industrial Application

The overall aim of the FlexHybHeat project is to develop a flexible heating concept for steel billet reheating. The heating concept should be able to achieve warm-…

GreenMotionSteel

IPCEI

With the construction of a 120 MW electrolysis plant in the Chemiepark Marl in the Emscher-Lippe Region, the GreenMotionSteel project aims to build a European hydrogen…

Carbon2Chem

Industrial Application

The goal of the Carbon2Chem Initiative is to use iron gas from steel production as a starting material for chemical products – including the CO2 contained therein.…

WESTKUESTE100

Infrastructure project

The overarching goal of WESTKÜSTE100 is the decarbonisation of energy systems through innovative approaches. The core element is the construction and operation of a…

COSIMa

Industrial Application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for converting the flat glass manufacturing processes to hydroseration with electrical heating and energy…

COSIMa

Industrial Application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for converting the flat glass manufacturing processes to hydroseration with electrical heating and energy…

Joint project: HyNRGCube; Sub-project: Development, implementation and testing of a stationary hydrogen fuel cell system

Industrial Application

In our future energy system, green water plays a central role in the storage of renewable energies and the substitution of fossil energy sources. Green hydropower…

COSIMa

Industrial Application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for converting the flat glass manufacturing processes to hydroseration with electrical heating and energy…

HyGlass

Industrial Application

Together with the Gas and Heat Institute Essen eV, BV Glas is exploring the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.

HyGlass

Industrial Application

Together with the Gas and Heat Institute Essen eV, BV Glas is exploring the possibility of using hydrogen in the glass industry.

Real laboratory: EnergieparkBL

Hydrogen production

As part of the 'Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park' project, the production, transport, storage and economic use of green hydrogen is to be industrialized from mid-2021. The…

H2 steel

Industrial Application

The H2Stahl real-world laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. In this way, CO2 emissions can be reduced in…

H2BF

Industrial Application

The first step on the way to steel takes place in the blast furnace. There, oxygen is removed from the iron ore, traditionally with the help of carbon. Among other…

COSIMa

Industrial Application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for converting the flat glass manufacturing processes to hydroseration with electrical heating and energy…

Joint project: FlexHybHeat; Sub-project: Development of plant models and an online life cycle assessment

Industrial Application

The overall aim of the FlexHybHeat project is to develop a flexible heating concept for steel billet reheating. The heating concept should be able to achieve warm-…

Joint project: FlexLadleHeat ; Subproject: Numerical and experimental investigations on the support

Industrial Application

The aim of the FlexLadleHeat project is to develop a fuel-flexible oxyfuel ladle fire system for preheating and drying ladles in the steel industry. The ladle fire…

4FH2Max (sub-project laboratory experiments)

Industrial Application

In stationary gas turbines, the transition to CO2-free energy generation can be made in steps. Here, the fuel composition is successively shifted from pure natural…

REPHYNE 2

Hydrogen production

This project is the continuation of the REFHYNE project (see project "REFHYNE"), in which the Shell Rheinland refinery in Wesseling is installing a 10 MW PEM…

H2 steel

Industrial Application

The H2Stahl real-world laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. In this way, CO2 emissions can be reduced in…

NexPlas

Industrial Application

The NexPlas project aims to produce higher-quality chemicals from green hydrogen and CO2. The goal of NexPlas is the production of methanol – an important raw…

production with hydrogen-rich coke oven gas

Industrial Application

From March 2024, three companies from the zinc, aluminum and glass industries (ZINQ and Trimet from Gelsenkirchen and Verallia from Essen) will be supplied with…

ChemEFlex

Hydrogen production

This project has the goal to determine and economically assess the flexibility potential of Chlor-Alkali Electrolysis (CAE). The sub-project aims to investigate the…

COSIMa

Industrial Application

The feasibility studies provide the technical basis for converting the flat glass manufacturing processes to hydroseration with electrical heating and energy…

H2 steel

Industrial Application

The H2Stahl real-world laboratory aims at a far-reaching conversion of the steel industry to hydrogen technologies. In this way, CO2 emissions can be reduced in…

H2BF

Industrial Application

The first step on the way to steel takes place in the blast furnace. There, oxygen is removed from the iron ore, traditionally with the help of carbon. Among other…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial Application

The use of hydrogen sulfide or its admixture, if possible without the costly reinstallation of complete kiln systems, has not yet been introduced in the brick…

Joint project: H2-HotRoll

Industrial Application

The aim of the project is to reduce or gradually reduce energy-related CO2 emissions in continuously operating thermal processing plants by replacing carbon-based…

Transsonic_CO2

Infrastructure project

The aim of the project is to develop a compressor with an axial design for the properties of CO2, i.e. a molecularly heavy gas. The technology developed here for…

CatVIC

Hydrogen production

The CatVIC project (Catalytic Valorization of Industrial Carbon) is a German-French initiative supported by the French and German research ministries MESRI and BMBF…

BioJetFuel

Hydrogen production

Together with the partners BP Europa SE, RWE Power and RWE Renewables, the basic feasibility of a demonstration plant in the Rhineland lignite mining area for the…

H2 in the brick industry

Industrial Application

The use of hydrogen sulfide or its admixture, if possible without the costly reinstallation of complete kiln systems, has not yet been introduced in the brick…

MefCO2

Hydrogen production

Methanol is one of the most widely used and important platform chemicals and is already added to gasoline. Methanol is traditionally obtained from coal or coal. The aim…

iNEW 2.0

Hydrogen production

The focus of the Innovation Space iNEW is the research, further development and implementation of advanced electrolysis technologies for Power-to-X (P2X) applications.…

BioJetFuel

Hydrogen production

Together with the partners BP Europa SE, RWE Power and RWE Renewables, the basic feasibility of a demonstration plant in the Rhineland lignite mining area for the…

REFHYNE

Hydrogen production

The world's largest PEM hydrogen electrolysis plant is located on the site of the Shell Rheinland refinery in Wesseling. Since July 2021, it has covered part of the…