Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOIT20230403014
- Term of Validity
- 3 April 2023 - 2 April 2025
- Company's Country
- Italy
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- An Italian Company has successfully implemented a boosted fuel cell with polymer electrolyte (also known as PEMFC - Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell) thanks to a new method of controlling and maximizing the electric efficiency and the power output of a fuel cell. Companies interested to adopt such a technology and to introduce it in their energy plants or products are sought for commercial agreements with technical assistance.
- Full Description
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An Italian company has developed and patented a new Fuel Cell technology which represents the latest evolution of fuel cells with polymer electrolyte (also known as PEMFC - Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell), and involves a sharp increase in energy yield, taking it from 30% to 70%.
This technology allows the controlled oxidation-reduction of hydrogen and oxygen in separate chambers, aimed at the production of electricity in the form of direct current. The energy thus obtained can be used for self-consumption, with considerable cost savings by a large user, or for sale on the market by an institutional electricity producer. The proposed technology also allows, thanks to a differentiated management of the supply gases, to increase the performance in terms of efficiency and duration of the PEM fuel cells.
The new Fuel Cell technology can be effectively used in the renewable energy supply chain. These energy sources are in fact by their nature inconstant and the excess energy produced when they are operational can be transformed into molecular hydrogen. H2, in turn, can be used in a Fuel Cell in times of need when the renewable source is not available.
In addition to renewable sources and water, molecular hydrogen can also be obtained through the reforming process from methane and other hydrocarbons. Companies interested to adopt such a technology and to introduce it in their energy plants or products are sought for commercial agreements with technical assistance. - Advantages and Innovations
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With the proposed technology there is a strong increase in energy yield for the same amount of hydrogen consumed, through an innovative redox process.
Thanks to the modulated and patented management of the supply gases, the technology allows an important improvement in the performance in terms of efficiency and duration of the PEM fuel cells.
The new Fuel Cell technology helps to solve the problems associated with the intermittence of renewable energy sources. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- IPR status
- IPR granted
- IPR notes
- The technology requires an industrialization phase which will take place within the next few months, thanks to a project aimed at accumulating the excess electricity produced by a photovoltaic park in the form of molecular hydrogen. Molecular hydrogen will be used in BFC cells at night and during periods of low solar energy.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The production, storage and reuse of hydrogen in fuel cells allows not to lose the excess peaks of electricity production from renewable sources. Companies interested to adopt such a technology and to introduce it in their energy plants or products are sought for commercial agreements with technical assistance.
- Type and Size of Partner
- SME <=10
- SME 11-49
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 004002001 - Fuel cell, hydrogen production
- Market keywords
- 06010003 - Energy for Industry
- 06009 - Energy Distribution
- 06007001 - Other energy production
- 06003008 - Other alternative energy
- Targeted countries
- All countries
