ATLAS-MHC

The long term objective of ATLAS-MHC is to support and promote initiatives for long lasting integration and collaboration between the partners and, more importantly, to contribute to the realization of the hydrogen economy in Europe by the development and real-life applications of novel metal-hydride compressors that can be optimally integrated with the developed process in order to explore potential synergistic benefits between material and process design. The overall S&T workplan of the ATLAS-MHC proposal includes six major Work Packages (WPs) which are further divided into a number of tasks.

WP1 focuses on project management: securing the progress of tasks in the WPs and ensuring a satisfactory financial control and a sound reporting system to the EC (REA). WP 2 deals with the up-scaling of the pilot metal-hydride compressor developed under the initial ATLAS-H2 project. WP3 examines the implementation of the up-scaled MHC into an integrated hybrid RES-Energy storage power system at pilot level, while WP4 carries out the performance & evaluation of the pilot MHC and the integrated system to ensure designs and processes which can operate safely and efficiently. WP 5 includes a detailed assessment of the current market and the set-up of a framework for further applications of the MHC and market development and overcoming barriers for higher market penetration. Finally, WP6 will communicate and disseminate the results to the target groups. It is obvious that the above research themes require a multidisciplinary approach (including nanotechnology, chemical analysis, thermodynamics, metallurgy, computational material science, energy & environmental aspects) involving multisectorial pathways. The overall structure of the ATLAS-MHC project workplan is depicted in the following figure.