ExpectedOutcome:
An important element of the European Hydrogen strategy is to support liquid hydrogen(LH2) deployment for various usages and to allow the energy transportation over longer distances. A further important element of the Hydrogen strategy is to contribute to the cost decrease by importing energy from low-cost zones by development of an international hydrogen trade, and thereby also enabling import of hydrogen to the European Union. In the end this will lead to increase the EU's competitiveness, manufacturing capabilities and secure the energy supply.
Shipping of LH2 will represent a flexible means for transport of larger quantities of hydrogen over longer distances, as well as for regional distribution without a gas-grid. LH2 also represent a dense form suitable for fuel storage for energy demanding applications.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following objectives of the Clean Hydrogen JU SRIA:
The scope of this topic is to develop and validate containment concepts intended for the bulk shipping of liquid hydrogen. The concepts developed should also be suitable for a later scale-up.
Multiple European technology providers have started to design and develop LH2 containment solutions, e.g. based on the IMO Type B, Type C and membrane tank designs currently available for LNG shipping, as well as for other novel concepts. Due to the considerably lower temperature of LH2 than LNG, as well as the lower heat of vaporisation and different material compatibility characteristics, totally novel insulation concepts need to be developed if LH2 should be contained with equally or lower boil-off rate as current LNG concepts.
The scope for the proposed project should include:
The topic could have potential synergies with the topic from ZEWT: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-07 “Enabling the safe and efficient on-board storage and integration within ships of large quantities of ammonia and hydrogen fuels”, but the targeted tank size in the present topic will most likely require a different conceptual approach.
Proposals are expected to address sustainability and circularity aspects.
Activities are expected to start at TRL 2-3 and achieve TRL 5 by the end of the project.
The conditions related to this topic are provided in the chapter 2.2.3.2 of the Clean Hydrogen JU 2022 Annual Work Plan and in the General Annexes to the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021–2022 which apply mutatis mutandis.