Development, validation und implementation of Power-to-X-Concepts (Kopernikus P2X), 2016 - 2022
Description
The aim of the project is the development and analysis of novel technologies that use electricity from renewable energy, water and carbon dioxide to produce material and energy sources for further use in the transport, energy and chemical sectors. This energy can thus be used in the form of tailor-made fuels for motor vehicles or in improved plastics and chemical products with high added value, thus significantly reducing the use of fossil-fuel based raw materials. A consortium of 18 research institutions, 26 industrial companies and two civil society bodies will develop new technologies to industrial maturity within ten years and thus contribute to the transformation of the energy system.
In the first funding period the STE was active in the research cluster "High Temperature Co-Electrolysis for Synthesis Gas Production". There the goal is to develop the conversion of carbon dioxide and water vapour into synthetic gas (power-to-syngas) in a single-stage process using electricity from renewable energy sources. The research and further development of HT-Co-Electrolysis technology will provide tailor-made synthetic gas compositions for the subsequent production of energy carriers and industrial raw materials. CO2-emissions are differentiated into process and energy related emissions for the various industries. In particular, process-related emissions will continue to provide CO2 in the near to midterm future. Hence the amount and possible sites can be estimated depending on the industry sectors. Additionally, ecological assessment of the production chains is applied. Environmental effects of syngas production are compared to those of conventional steam reforming of natural gas.
In the second funding phase, STE is actively involved in the roadmapping process of the P2X Kopernikus project. As a unified basis for this process, an energy model was developed, which combines the demand model with detailed hydrogen and PtX products and pathways. Based on this, ecological and techno-economic analyses of different PtX technologies are performed. On the part of STE, the use of hydrogen for heating the glass trough in the specialty glass production is evaluated with the help of the Life Cycle Assessment. Hydrogen is be produced via PEM electrolysis and different transport options of hydrogen for supply are investigated: on-site production and direct use, transport via Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC), pipeline and liquid via truck transport. In addition, the project is examining the impact of different transport options of hydrogen more closely to supply ten refueling stations for refueling a bus fleet. Four different transport routes will be compared: transport of gaseous compressed hydrogen via pressure tank truck (at 500 bar) and transport via LOHC with different heat supply paths for dehydrogenation.
Project Duration
September 2016 to August 2023 (1st and 2nd funding phase until August 2022)
Funded by
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project Partners
18 research institutions, 26 industrial companies and two civil society bodies
Project Manager IEK-STE
Dr.-Ing. Petra Zapp
Results
• 1. Roadmap (.pdf)
• 2. Roadmap (.pdf)
• 3. Roadmap (.pdf)
• 4. Roadmap (.pdf)
• Morgenthaler, S. ; Kuckshinrichs, W. ; Witthaut, D.: Optimal system layout and locations for fully renewable high temperature co-electrolysis. Applied energy 260, 114218 - (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114218
• Morgenthaler, S. ; Ball, C. ; Koj, J. C. ; Kuckshinrichs, W. ; Witthaut, D.: Site-dependent levelized cost assessment for fully renewable Power-to-Methane systems. Energy conversion and management 223, 113150 - (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113150
• Schreiber, A. ; Peschel, A. ; Hentschel, B. ; Zapp, P.:Life Cycle Assessment of Power-to-Syngas: Comparing high temperature co-electrolysis and steam methane reforming. Frontiers in energy research 8, 533850 (2020), https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2020.533850
• Wulf, C.; Zapp, P. Analyzing the future potential of defossilizing industrial specialty glass production with hydrogen by LCA. Procedia CIRP 2022, 105, 666-671, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.111
Contact
Dr. Petra Zapp
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Institute of Energy and Climate Research
Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE)
e-mail: p.zapp@fz-juelich.de
Project Website
http://www.kopernikus-projekte.de/projekte/power-to-x