Consortium

Materials Innovation Institute (M2i) is a facilitator of cutting-edge research in the materials domain and a network organization. Since its foundation in 1997, M2i has been bringing together the industry and academia to tackle societal challenges related to materials. The uniqueness of M2i lies within its highly skilled program managers who are not only experienced in creating winning proposals but also technical experts in their domains.

Role in the project

• Coordination of the project.
• Project Management (coordinating partners’ cooperation and monitoring the project’s progress, performing financial and administrative management)

At TU Delft, we aim to make an ‘impact for a better society’. We take on global challenges that affect everyone personally: the climate, the energy transition, urban growth, digital society, health.
We do all of this the Delft way – thoroughly, hands on, pragmatically, innovatively, with guts, outside the box and socially engaged. We always work on the basis of multiple perspectives and interests. Our solutions are future-proof. We do not work alone, but together with our partners.
Inspired by ambition, TU Delft works to achieve positive change through world-class research, teaching and innovation, whether it is sustainable aviation, clean water or the future of the internet.

Role in the project

• Technical coordination of the project
• Work on the Hydrogen Conditioning Requirements
• TU Delft leads WP1 of the TRIATHLON project. TU Delft supervises two PhD candidates, one in WP1 and one in WP2. And TU Delft help create a technology road map in WP4.

The Dresden University of Technology (TUDD) was founded in 1828 and is one of Germany`s nine technical universities (TU9) and since 2012 honoured as one of eleven universities of excellence. The Institute for Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology of the TUDD (ILK-TUDD) with its more than 200 researchers and employees has an extensive experience in the field of fiber-composites. They include material-mechanical characterisation, the development of novel test methods for materials, components, and systems, through modelling and simulation.

Role in the project

• Develop a high-pressure cryogenic permeation test rig to assess the gas tightness of polymers, laminates, and multilayer structures under realistic conditions.
• Create a heat transfer test rig to investigate heat transfer through fiber composites, as well as multilayer structures with vacuum insulation, and their durability.
• Implement leak-tolerant laminates using different composite materials, layer configurations, and other innovative methods.
• Address challenges such as hydrogen permeation through plastics, formation of cracks in composites due to internal pressure and extreme low operating temperatures, which lead to leakages and compromise gas transport through the composite.
• Ensure the gas tightness of the inner shell of cryo-compressed hydrogen storages to prevent hydrogen losses and maintain operational lifespans.

Ergon Research was founded in 2008 by four PhDs with relevant experience in the turbomachinery field and from 2012 to 2022 has been a Spin-Off of the University of Florence. ERG is a consulting and research firm operating in the mechanical, energy and informatic engineering field. The mission of the company is to supply specialized services for the development and design of innovative products.

Ergon Research exploits the most innovative simulation, experimental and informatic tools to provide cutting-edge consulting and design solutions. They work at different levels from system malfunctioning identification and understanding to design from scratch of innovative components, from optimization of existing devices to the analysis of performance of critical components.

Role in the project

• Modelling of the cryo-compressed hydrogen storage technology in the multi-state system used by the powertrain.
• Designing the thermal management (TM) coupons that will be then printed by Lithoz (LIT) and tested at Sabanci University (SAB).
• Modelling of the thermo-fluid performance of the innovative TM geometries will allow to assess the potential improvements obtainable on a variety of thermal management components
• Modelling of the whole powertrain system, from the storage system to the fuel cells and turboprops.

Ergon Test Rig and Ergon at Expo 2023

Sabancı University, established in 1994, is a young foundation university located about 40 km from Istanbul’s city center.

The Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center (SU IMC) is the industrial scale research and technology development center that provides laboratory test, prototype manufacturing, design and simulation services, composite materials in the scope of research and development services, and design, manufacturing, assembly, and process prototyping services in the area of manufacturing technologies.

Role in the project

• Characterization of Developed Coupons.
• Two-Phase Flow Study for CcH2.
• Numerical Model Development to simulate single and two-phase flows.
• Database Creation from experimental and numerical results, focusing on heat transfer rates and pressure drop under various conditions.

Cryomotive is a leading German hydrogen mobility SME focusing on developing high-density hydrogen onboard storage and refuelling technology to enter the market with first small series applications starting in 2025. Cryomotive focusses on the proprietary CcH2 CRYOGAS hydrogen storage technology that has previously been developed and demonstrated in BMW passenger cars based on the concept of one of Cryomotive’s founders and transferred to Cryomotive for heavy-duty applications in 2021.

The CcH2 CYROGAS storage and refueling technology allows very high onboard storage densities and fast and loss-free refueling. As a core USP, CRYOGAS can be generated by compressing liquid hydrogen (LH2) and cryo-cooling gaseous hydrogen (GH2). A CRYOGAS storage is synergetic to the mainstream onboard storage technology 35 MpPa CGH2. A CRYOGAS storage can supply fuel cell as well as hydrogen internal combustion engine powertrains with enough pressure and mass flow.

Role in the project

• Cryomotive willl do the thermodynamic modelling and combinations of interconnected tanks with hydrogen stored at different states (temperature and pressure) in cryo-compressed state. A transfer of hydrogen between storage tanks, inner and outer heat exchanger and novel operation strategies will be applied to control temperature and pressure of the storage system. 

Lithoz was founded in 2011 as a spin-off from the Technical University Vienna and is an R&D driven SME which develops and distributes additive manufacturing systems for ceramic materials on the basis of its patented Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM)–technology. This technology is capable of structuring a broad range of different high-performance ceramicss including bioceramics as well as structural and functional ceramic materials. Lithoz covers the whole process chain from the material development over the material processing to the development of the hard- and software, making them to a strong partner for R&D projects

Role in the project

• Lithoz will develop photocurable formulations based on aluminium oxide and aluminium nitride with a special focus on being able to print in very high resolution. This will enable the fabrication of complex test design with very high geometrical surfaces that are capable of efficiently dissipating and transferring thermal energy.

AMIRES is a consulting and management company for research, development, and innovation projects, which provides the necessary strategic and administrative support to international teams to achieve their objectives and facilitates the research-industrial and research-policy making interface. Founded in 2009, AMI is based in Prague (Czech Republic) but provides its services all around Europe.

AMI follows projects from their initiation and planning, through negotiation, execution and management to the final stage, where exploitation and dissemination of new technologies, products or services is facilitated.

Role in the project

• Coordinating all dissemination and communication activities within the project including setting up of the webpage, communication via social networks and creation of tangible dissemination materials
• Coordinating all the IPR management and exploitation activities.