• Acronym:
    SO-FREE
  • Call Id:
    Horyzont Europa (H2020-JTI-CH-2020-1)
  • Project No:
    101006667
  • Coordinator:
    Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo ecoomico sostenibile (ENEA)
  • Duration:
    01.01.2021 - 31.08.2024 (planned extension of the project duration)

Partners

  1. Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA)
  2. AVL LIST GmbH (AVL)
  3. Elcogen Oy (ELC)
  4. FRAUNHOFER-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., Hansastrasse 27C, 80686 München, Germany; acting as legal entity for and on behalf of its Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme (Fraunhofer IKTS)
  5. ICI Caldaie SpA (ICI) 
  6. INSTYTUT ENERGETYKI - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (IEN)
  7. KIWA Nederland B.V. (KIWA)
  8. Kiwa Ltd (KIWA UK)
  9. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE) 
  10. Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi (USGM)

Description

Beyond the main goal specified in the announcement – delivering a prototype SOFC-CHP system capable of operating with various hydrogen blends, natural gas, and purified biogas – the SO-FREE project will aim to create a standardized stack module interface. This interface will enable full interchangeability of different types of SOFC stacks within a given SOFC-CHP system. The proposed interface project will be presented to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a proposal for a new standardization goal at the international level.