Hy-Potential

Hy-Potential: Hydrogen - Fundamentals of Production, Storage & Transport, Applications, and Economy

Duration:          2024 – 2028  

Funding:      German Research Foundation (DFG)

Project partners: 

9 chairs of RWTH Aachen and 10 laboratories of Institute of Science Tokyo 

Project description:

In addition to wind and solar power, chemical energy carriers will play an essential role for future energy systems. Generation and utilization of renewable energy occur not necessarily at the same time or place. Hence, energy carriers for long-time storage and long-range transport of energy are needed. Hydrogen offers remarkable versatility as a chemical energy carrier for various on-demand applications. Still, many challenges and open scientific questions exist in the hydrogen life cycle from production to utilization.

The International Research Training Group (IRTG) Hy-Potential aims to

(1) advance the state of the research across the spectrum of hydrogen-based technologies including hydrogen production, transport and storage, thermochemical and electrochemical usage, and socio- and techno-economic analysis, and

(2) train cohorts of excellent researchers and future leaders at different stages of their careers by providing them with holistic and interdisciplinary knowledge on a broad range of aspects related to the hydrogen life cycle that go beyond their immediate subject areas.

RWTH Aachen University and Institute of Science Tokyo are jointly in a unique position to provide interdisciplinary competencies and an environment of world-class research both on the fundamental side, for instance, in electrocatalysis, membrane technology, combustion, and on the system scale for electrochemical, thermochemical, and other applications.

The research of the Chair of Operations Management is part of the cross-sectional area “Systems Design & Life-Cycle Assessment” and aimed at designing sustainable socio-economic hydrogen energy systems.

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