Clad pipes for safe and effective hydrogen storage and transport

In the project, material combinations will be developed and manufactured consisting of a base material to meet the strength requirements and a clad material to fulfil the hydrogen barrier and embrittlement resistance requirements. 

The main goal of the project is to provide durable structural materials and components for stationary and mobile high-pressure gaseous hydrogen applications (300–700 bar). Focus are piping and vessels for gaseous hydrogen transport and storage exposed to high pressures and many load cycles.  

Due to combination of two metallic materials, costs will be saved by reducing wall thickness compared to monolithic metallic components and by substituting expensive fibre-reinforced polymers. The microstructure interaction with hydrogen and strength will be investigated. 

RISE’s role in the project

RISE is responsible for mechanical characterization of both base material and cladding material candidates. These materials are initially characterized separately. Based on these results, various promising combinations of base and cladding materials will then be evaluated. This work is mainly done within the work package WP1 led by Erik Dartfeldt.

Based on the lessons learned from WP1, tubes will then be manufactured. RISE is responsible for characterizing and validating tubes in air within the framework of work package WP8 led by Jan Henrik Sällström (RISE). An important sub-step concerns developing the test methodology for surface-coated tubes. The welds that are part of the tubes will also be tested. Finally, tubes that are pre-exposed to hydrogen gas will be tested.
 

Partners

The internationally and interdisciplinary positioned consortium brings together eight partners from five EU countries and covers the entire value chain, from applied research to industrial application. The aim is to contribute to the safe, economical, and sustainable use of hydrogen.

Funding

The project is embedded within a pan-European funding framework based on ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) resources, which includes a wide range of related projects. Coordination at the European level is carried out by the CET Partnership.

The CET Partnership is a multilateral and strategic partnership of national and regional research, development, and innovation (RDI) programs in the Member States of the European Union and associated countries, aiming to drive forward and accelerate the energy transition and to support the implementation of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan).

Swedish partners apply nationally for funding at the Swedish Energy Agency, which approves and allocates funding to projects that meet the requirements of the call.