second workshop

WORKSHOP

PUSHING THE LIMITS OF PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY OF FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYSERS SYSTEMS

Workshop jointly organized by H2020 Projects REACTT and RUBY

15 September 2023 – Capri (Italy)

European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2023

TOPICS

On route from laboratory research to commercial exploitation of fuel cells and electrolysers systems a range of new challenges emerge around maximizing performance and durability to make the technologies competitive on the market. EU H2020 projects RUBY and REACTT address these challenges by joining effort of leading EU researchers and developers in academia and industry across various disciplines such as electrochemistry, electronics, information technologies and data science.

RUBY and REACTT are twin projects dedicated to the design of rather general embedded solutions for Monitoring, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Control (MDPC) for on-field operation of SOFC and PEMFC systems (RUBY), and SOEC and rSOC stacks and systems (REACTT). The event stressed the holistic framework of the two projects resulting in innovative HW and SW platforms that combine in a unique way advanced optimizing control and diagnostic techniques (including e.g. the Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy). The intended use is envisaged in areas ranging from CHP, remote backups, hydrogen generation, grid-connected and stand-alone systems.

The event delivered a comprehensive overview and the essential projects’ outcomes and their potential for the interested stakeholders and users from academia, industry and research.

Methodological approaches for reliable performance of both stacks and BoP components

Use of machine learning for advanced diagnostics

Stack and system diagnostics

New solution to optimize performances

The role of enabling technologies for implementation

Impact on efficiency, performance, reliability, lifetime and maintenance of SOFC, PEMFC and SOEC

PRESENTATIONS

Time	Topic	Speaker	Affiliation
9:00-9:15	Welcome and Registration
9:15-9:35	RUBY AND REACTT - the twin projects	P. Polverino - D. Juricic	UNISA/IJS
9:35-9:50	On excitation of SOEC stacks for impedance spectroscopy in in-field applications	M. Glavan	IJS
9:50-10:05	SOFC modeling via neural networks	A. Pandolfi	UNISA
10:05-10:20	Health Index estimation for SOFCs using Deep Neural Networks	P. Svaizer	FBK
10:20-10:35	Fuel cell State of Health forecasting using Echo State Networks	D. Chanal	UBFC
10:35-10:45	Q&A
10:45-11:15	Coffee break & networking
11:15-11:30	Real-time optimization of a solid-oxide electrolyser	T. De Avila Ferreira	HES-SO
11:30-11:45	Data-driven prediction of the remaining useful life of SOFC systems	D. Juricic	IJS
11:45-12:00	THDA application for SOEC degradation monitoring	M. Tandl	AVL
12:00-12:15	MDPC platform for on-field EIS of Fuel Cells and Electrolysers	E. A. Adinolfi	UNISA/BITRON
12:15-12:45	The MDPC tool: expectations, perspectives, challanges	ROUND TABLE
12:45	Lunch

Affiliation

AVL List GmbH (AT); BITRON s.p.a. (I); ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (I); FBK, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (I); IJS, Jožef Stefan Institute (SI); HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH); UBFC, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (F); UNIGE, University of Genova (I); UNISA, University of Salerno (I).