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The course of the changeover of UGS from natural gas to hydrogen varies depending on the type of the underground gas storage (UGS). In caverns a changeover to high H2-contents can be achieved quickly, while pore storage tanks must be converted over long periods of time. The analytical requirements are correspondingly different. This information has been compiled through expert statement by underground storage operators.
A significant number of new UGS is currently not expected. Public funds (project funding) are currently being raised for the conversion of caverns to hydrogen. In addition, investigations and evaluations of the material are currently being carried out at various storage facilities in order to determine the possibilities and costs of a conversion. H2 admixtures to natural gas, but also pure H2 caverns are considered. The bottleneck seems to be the availability of large volumes of hydrogen. The analytical requirements along with the different hydrogen qualities, which are currently discussed were compiled through expert discussions with underground storage operators and are at hand as early impact results.
Gas adsorption is based on physical properties between gases and solid materials, enriching the surface with packed gas molecules with a higher density than in the bulk phase. For using this mechanism as a gas storage strategy, highly porous materials are necessary since large surfaces in small volumes can provide the storage system with a higher density than the gas phase. In the case of hydrogen gas, the interaction forces with solid surfaces are generally low at room temperature but can increase considerably at low operating temperatures. As a counterpart, the storage pressure is considerably lower than that necessary by traditional gas compression.
Amongst ultra-porous adsorbent materials for hydrogen cryoadsorption, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a group of remarkable solids made from metallic nodes linked by organic molecules exhibiting a wide variety of composition, geometry, porous properties, and chemical functionality. The scientific community focused in the last years on enhancing both the specific area of materials and the interaction energy to extend the storage properties of cryoadsorption to ambient-temperature and use it as hydrogen storage mechanisms in vehicles. However, the found difficulty in achieving ultra-porous structures with high-enough interaction energies decreased this research interest in the last years.
However, for a stationary application like hydrogen refueling stations, where space and weight are not such limits as in vehicles, cryoadsorption can still be considered a feasible candidate for hydrogen storage. Cryoadsorption is the only fast and fully reversible approach to store hydrogen at similar density values as compressed gas. Cryogenic operation is a technological challenge, but first, liquid nitrogen is cheap, and second, it is less energy-demanding than hydrogen liquefaction, which is indeed considered as feasible for transportation and storage. Cryoadsorption involves lower pressure
than compressed gas, increasing safety in the storage facilities, but additional research on the construction materials properties is necessary to better understand their behavior in contact with hydrogen at cryogenic temperatures. However, the knowledge of all these mechanisms is important to identify the improvement opportunities based on, probably, the interphase between different solutions.
To achieve the set project goals, this internal research report describes the work packages realised within the framework of the project.
The European project MefHySto addresses the need of large-scale energy storage, which is required for a shift to renewable energy supply. The project is funded by the European Metrology Programme on Innovation and Research (EMPIR) and consists of 14 consortium partners from all over Europe (www.mefhysto.eu). It is demonstrated, how MefHySto is contributing to the EMN for Energy Gases aiming at prioritisation of the measurement gaps and challenges interacting with the EMN stakeholders.
The presentation explains the intended way of BAM in tackling the safety issues in the project TAHYA.
The way how the term “safety” is used in TAHYA leads to the need for a more risk-based understanding of safety. Based on this, the Monte Carlo simulation is used to show where the weak points of current regulations are. Thus, a concept for optimization of relevant regulations, codes and standards will be elaborated during the project. For this purpose, it is helpful to improve the currently operated tool for Monte Carlo simulation, which will need additional data for monitoring the outcome. Strength data, that will be determined by BAM and the other partners during the already agreed test program can be used for this purpose without additional effort.
Cryoadsorption on the inner surface of porous materials is a promising solution for safe, fast, and reversible hydrogen storage. Within the class of highly porous metal−organic frameworks, zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) show high thermal, chemical, and mechanical stability. In this study, we selected ZIF-8 synthesized mechanochemically by twin-screw extrusion as powder and pellets. The hydrogen storage capacity at 77 K and up to 100 bar has been analyzed in two laboratories applying three different measurement setups showing a high reproducibility. Pelletizing ZIF-8 increases the packing density close to the corresponding value for a single crystal without loss of porosity, resulting in an improved volumetric hydrogen storage capacity close to the upper limit for a single crystal. The high volumetric uptake combined with a low and constant heat of adsorption provides ca. 31 g of usable hydrogen per liter of pellet assuming a temperature−pressure swing adsorption process between 77 K − 100 bar and 117 K − 5 bar. Cycling experiments do not indicate any degradation in storage capacity. The excellent stability during preparation, handling, and operation of ZIF-8 pellets demonstrates its potential as a robust adsorbent material for technical application in pilot- and full-scale adsorption vessel prototypes.