OUR PARTNERS
HyLICAL gathers leading research organizations with large experience in the development of materials and technologies, highly specialized high tech and R&D companies, and market-oriented industries with international experience in renewable energies and technological development. The consortium covers all the value chain through their technologies and expertise to guarantee the research, development and commercial activities targeted by the project.
Each partner has a clearly defined role within the project and will contribute with its specific knowledge and infrastructures to achieve the objectives proposed.
Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)
IFE is an independent, non-profit, private research organization founded in 1948 and is the key Norwegian actor specialized in energy issues. The Institute counts with about 600 employees and has an annual turnover around 100 M€. IFE undertakes research on an ideal basis for the benefit of society and develops climate friendly energy systems and solutions that contribute decoupling economic growth and welfare from CO2 emissions. IFE conducts leading research at both national and international level and has been involved in more than 300 international projects in the fields of: geothermal energy, renewable energy, bioeconomy, environmental technology, physics and materials science, marine technology, nuclear technology, development of radiopharmaceuticals, safety and reliability, digitalization and man-machine systems. IFE is involved in more than 30, European projects (5 of them, as Coordinators) and hosts two of Research Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) within the topics of solar energy (SUSOLTECH; https://susoltech.no/) and zero-emission transport (MOZEES; https://mozees.no/). https://ife.no/en/
Dr. Christoph Frommen
Contact details
Christoph.frommen@ife.no
SUBRA
SUBRA A/S is specialised in commercial production of unique and superior superconductors, using patented surface modification technology. Through research excellence and our superconductor expertise we develop novel superconductor solutions to make an impact in the green transition, transforming the way we transport electricity.
Founded in 2014, SUBRA’s solutions are based on more than 15 years of innovation and research in superconductor technology and surface science. Our innovations have wide-ranging applications within energy production, transmission, and storage, able to improve efficiency and reduce losses – striving toward a sustainable future.
In collaboration with partners across the world, SUBRA conducts cutting-edge R&D and production of superconductor solutions to all parts of the energy equation – enabling clean and sustainable energy generation through fusion power, near zero-loss power transmission for the next generation SUPERGRID, and scalable energy storage through the liquefaction of green hydrogen.
In the HyLICAL project, SUBRA will utilise key expertise in superconductors to numerically model novel superconducting magnet designs – rethinking powerful magnets for magnetocaloric cooling. Our technology will help develop a more efficient process for creating liquid hydrogen, paving the way for a network of local production facilities, reducing transport costs, and providing clean storable energy for the transport sector.
ANDERS WULFF, founder and CEO of SUBRA, is an entrepreneur and a leading scientist with 15 years of experience in the field of superconductivity. As a former associate professor at the Technical University of Denmark and through his work at SUBRA, he has pushed the boundaries of current state of the art superconductors – making them a promising technology for transforming the way that we transport and generate electricity. He is the sole inventor of the 3D multifilamentary superconductor technology and has extensive experience with design and fabrication of superconducting wires and magnet technology.
Contact details
anwu@subra.dk
+45 44 12 84 80
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is an elite Danish technical university with an international reach and standard. The university was founded in 1829 with the mission of creating value for the benefit of society, a mission which exists to this day. Today DTU is an international elite technical university where education, scientific advice, and innovation rest on a solid foundation of world-class research.
The Department of Energy Conversion and Storage (DTU Energy) focus on research and development of functional materials, components and systems, as well as on their applications as sustainable energy technologies. Energy conversion and storage is the key to a sustainable production and use of energy. In the future, much energy will be from fluctuating energy sources such as solar and wind power, which makes it critically important to be able to convert and store the energy as needed. At DTU Energy, research on electrolysis, Power-to-X, fuel cells, batteries, thermal energy storage and magnetic refrigeration – and more.
Dr. Rasmus Bjørk
Rasmus is a Professor in the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage (DTU Energy) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His research areas are fundamental and applied magnetism, as well as other modelings topics relevant for energy conversion and storage, such as magnetic refrigeration which he has worked on since 2010 (https://www.staff.dtu.dk/rabj).
Ulster University
Hydrogen Safety Engineering and Research Centre (HySAFER) at Ulster is an internationally recognised team of researchers, one of key providers of hydrogen safety research and education globally. Total hydrogens safety research experience at HySAFER is more than 140 man-years, and research funding is €11.5M (2004-2023). Research thrust is on analytical and numerical methods for closing knowledge gaps and resolving technological bottlenecks in hydrogen safety. Ulster was a partner in European Network of Excellence “Safety of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier” (NoE HySafe) project, where we have contributed to the Handbook of Hydrogen Safety (known in NoE HySafe as Biennial Report on Hydrogen Safety).
Ulster’s expertise in CFD covers practically all areas relevant to the proposed project: releases and dispersion, ignition, fires, blast wave and fireball from catastrophic tank rupture in a fire, deflagrations and detonations, including releases and combustion of cryogenic hydrogen and LH2 performed in Sandia National Laboratory and NASA. Besides we extensively use analytical models, where appropriate, to generate engineering correlations, which doesn’t require use of sophisticated CFD tools. HySAFER has coordinated or contributed to major EU projects relevant to hydrogen safety: HyCourse, HySAFEST, HYPER, TrainHy, HyFacts, HyIndoor, H2FC, SUSANA, HyResponse.
Ulster University champions hydrogen safety in the UK through the current projects of Engineering and Physical Sciences |Research Council (EPSRC): SUPERGEN Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Hub, SUPERGEN Challenge “Integrated Safety Strategies”, Centre for Doctoral Training in Fuel Cells and their Fuels.
Ulster team is a part of international activities in hydrogen safety: co-founder of the International Association for Hydrogen Safety (IA HySafe) and contributor to its biennial International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, member of IEA Hydrogen Implementing Agreement Task 37 Hydrogen Safety, members of standard development organisations i.e. ISO TC197 Hydrogen technologies and CEN/CLC/TC6 Hydrogen in energy systems, member of research grouping N.ENERHY of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, etc.
The examples of impact of HySAFER studies in hydrogen safety are: contribution to Commission Regulation (EU) No 406/2010 of 26 April 2010 implementing Regulation (EC) No 79/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of hydrogen-powered motor vehicles, where developed in the collaboration with NoE HySafe partners Volvo, NCSRD and CEA the upper limit for permeation was introduced; contributions to ISO/TR 15916:2013 Basic considerations for the safety of hydrogen systems (ISO TC197); European Guidelines on Inherently Safer Use of Hydrogen Indoors; European Guide for First Responders; European Model Evaluation Protocol; etc.
Dr. Volodymyr Shentsov
He is Lecturer in Hydrogen Safety at Ulster since 2020. Graduated from National Aerospace University (Ukraine) in 2007 as Mathematical Engineer in Applied Mathematics. Joint HySAFER in 2012 as PhD student, in 2014-2020 Research Associate. Main responsibilities are: CFD studies of different hydrogen safety related phenomena, development of e-Laboratory of Hydrogen Safety, etc. His expertise includes unignited releases and dispersion of hydrogen in vented enclosures, ventilation, the pressure peaking phenomenon, numerical simulations of nonpremixed combustion in under-expanded hydrogen jet flames, hydrogen fire dynamics in enclosures, simulations of hydrogen tank rupture with the blast wave and fireball, simulations of flame lift-off and blow-off, etc. He is course director of the distance learning PgCert in Continuous Professional Development (Hydrogen Safety)
composed of two modules: “Principles of Hydrogen Safety” and “Hydrogen safety technologies”. He has 29+ publications in peer reviewed journals and conferences.
Dr. Dmitriy Makarov
Joined Ulster University in 2000, Reader in Hydrogen Safety at HySAFER Centre since 2009. He has MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering, PhD in Aerospace Engines, 20+ years CFD experience. Leads the development of CFD capability at HySAFER; expertise in fire and explosion safety, analytical and numerical modelling of hydrogen safety relevant phenomena. He has supervised 12 PhD and visiting research students, contributed to activities of IEA HIA Task 37, member of WG Transport Innovation of FCH2 JU research grouping N.ERGHY. Number of publications 90+.
Shell
Technische Univesität Darmstadt (TUD)
Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR)
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) performs – as an independent German research center – research in the fields of energy, health, and matter. We focus on answering the following questions: How can energy and resources be utilized in an efficient, safe, and sustainable way?; How can malignant tumors be more precisely visualized, characterized, and more effectively treated?; How do matter and materials behave under the influence of strong fields and in smallest dimensions?
To help answer these research questions, HZDR operates large-scale facilities, which are also used by visiting researchers: the Ion Beam Center, the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources.
HZDR is a member of the Helmholtz Association and has six sites (Dresden, Freiberg, Görlitz, Grenoble, Leipzig, Schenefeld near Hamburg) with almost 1,500 members of staff, of whom about 670 are scientists, including 220 Ph.D. candidates.
Dr. Tino Gottschall
t.gottschall@hzdr.de
Dr. Tino Gottschall (PI) is a group leader at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). His experience lies in the synthesis and optimization of functional materials, their advanced characterization in static and pulsed magnetic fields as well as the development of new experimental devices and prototypes for magnetic cooling. He studied physics at the Technical University of Dresden and received his PhD in materials science from the Technical University of Darmstadt in 2016. After a postdoc at the University of Barcelona, he went to the HZDR in 2017. Tino Gottschall is one of the co-founders of the startup company MAGNOTHERM aiming at the market entry of magnetic refrigeration. In 2021, he won the prestigious Nicolas Kurti Science Prize.
Magnotherm
Fives Cryo
Fives Cryo is a team of world-leading experts specializing in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of brazed heat exchangers, cold boxes, core-in-drums and Cryomec® cryogenic pumps. Our high-performance products are specially developed for the gas production and processing industry. As a founding Aluminium Plate-Fin Heat Exchanger Manufacturers’ Association (ALPEMA) member, we bring clients value-added services to ensure operational excellence, continual optimization, and evolution in line with market needs Fives Cryo is part of the french Fives Group, and has a powerful expertise in the design of key equipment in advanced hydrogen liquefaction chains.
Dr Sarah TIOUAL-DEMANGE
PhD in Material Science and Metallurgy, M.Sc. in Material Science Engineering by the European School of Materials Science Engineers of University of Lorraine.
Currently holding the position of Research, Development & Innovation Engineer, and Team manager at Fives Cryo, with a major interest in innovative projects targeting the development of new technologies of heat exchangers and new energy sources applications. Experienced in European R&D programs coordination for Fives.
Contact : TIOUAL-DEMANGE Sarah <sarah.tioual-demange@fivesgroup.com>
Mr Gaëtan Becker
Process Engineer with a master degree in Chemical Engineering from a french school of engineering (ENSIC, Nancy), he held various positions in the nuclear fuel reprocessing industry from 2009 to 2022, where he developed his expertise in chemical engineering, thermal engineering and thermodynamics. He joined Fives Cryo in July 2022 as a process simulation expert. As member of Research, Development and Innovation team, his main duties are simulating the integration of Fives’ heat exchangers into the customer’s processes and contributing to collaborations with academic and industrial partners.
Contact : BECKER Gaetan <gaetan.becker@fivesgroup.com>
Website : Fives Energy | Cryogenics – Fives Group – Fives Group
Engie
Universidad de Sevilla
Universidad de Sevilla (University of Seville, USE), with more than 69,000 students and 7,000 staff, is the third largest university in Spain. More than 12,000 students are following postgraduate courses, enrolled into 111 master programs and 32 doctoral programs. The USE is also committed to research with more than 400 national and regional open projects and 61 European open projects. In addition to its 4,300 academic staff, there are 1,500 researchers under different contracts. Research is carried out within 134 academic departments, 8 Joint Research Centres USE – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and 10 University Research Institutes. Hence, a rich variety of research is performed at USE including Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Biochemistry, Genomics and Biotechnology, Microbiology, Ecology, Engineering and Applied Nuclear Techniques, Materials Science, Physics, Quantum mechanics, etc. Besides, the General Research Services of the USE provide the most advanced and state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation and techniques to research groups, public research institutes and industries. USE embraces academia, industry, engineering and science and provides an intellectual reference in the South of Europe, with a powerful educational and technological infrastructure.
Dr. Victorino Franco
Dr. Franco is a professor at the Condensed Matter Physics Department of the University of Seville, Spain. His main research interests cover magnetic materials for energy applications, including soft-magnetic, magnetocaloric materials and functional high entropy alloys. He has published more than 220 peer-reviewed technical articles and received more than 10,800 citations to his work, with an h-index of 47. In 2000, he received the Young Scientist Award from the Royal Physical Society of Spain, followed by the Young Scientist Award of the Royal Order of Chivalry of Seville in 2005. He was 2019 IEEE Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer on the topic “Magnetocaloric Effect: From Energy Efficient Refrigeration to Fundamental Studies of Phase Transitions”. He also received the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship in 2020. He is included in the Stanford University World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists. He has served as chair of the Spain Chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society and chair of the Magnetic Materials Committee of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). He has been general chair for the 23rd Soft Magnetic Materials Conference and of the 2022 Joint MMM-Intermag Conference. He currently serves as a scientific manager in the area of functional materials for the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) and as President of the Spanish Magnetism Club (CEMAG).
Iberdrola
With a history of over 170 years, today IBERDROLA is a global energy leader, the number-one producer of wind power and one of the world’s biggest electricity utilities by market capitalization. IBERDROLA supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries, has more than 600,000 shareholders, a workforce comprising more than 35,000 employees and assets worth more than €122 billion. Thanks to its commitment to clean energy, IBERDROLA is currently one of the companies with the lowest emissions and an international benchmark for the contribution to the fight against climate change and to sustainability. The company has set itself the target of achieving global carbon neutrality by 2050 and it expects its emissions intensity to be almost zero in Europe by 2030.
IBERDROLA is leading the transition towards a sustainable energy model through investments in renewable energy, smart grids, large-scale energy storage and digital transformation, offering the most advanced products and services to its customers. Regarding on Green Hydrogen, IBERDROLA considers it is the key complement to electrification on order to achieve the global decarbonization of the economy. IBERDROLA global targets include a strong commitment for green hydrogen production with at least 3GW of electrolysers installed, 350,000 t of green H2 production and 9Bn€ of total net investment by 2030. To this end IBERDROLA is facing several challenges: developing 60 projects in 8 countries (Spain, Portugal, UK, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, US, Australia); fully committed to developing the green hydrogen value chain and its derivatives; with a plan already launched of H2 pipeline of 2,400 MW in the period 2022-2025 and strong industrial consumptions frameworks as key users of the green H2. Furthermore, IBERDROLA has already two real green hydrogen projects built in 2022 in Spain (Green Hydrogen for Fertilisers in Puertollano – 20 MW | Mobility in Barcelona – 2.5 MW). Aware that in the short-medium term applications will arise in which liquid hydrogen will be the main solution, IBERDROLA is involved in the HyLICAL project to continue learning and working in favour of decarbonisation through green hydrogen and the best way to use it and contributes to building the business models of the near future.
Università di Pisa
The University of Pisa is a public institution with twenty departments, and high level research centres in the agriculture, astrophysics, computer science, engineering, medicine and veterinary medicine sectors. Furthermore the University has close relations with the Pisan Institutes of the National Board of Research, with many cultural institutions of national and international importance, and with industries, especially those based in information technology, which went through a phase of rapid expansion in Pisa during the nineteen sixties and seventies.
The University of Pisa was officially established in 1343, although a number of scholars claim its origin dates back to the 11th century.
The project will be carried out at the Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction engineering (DESTEC). The department includes all competences in the fields of Energy Engineering (Energy systems including renewables, heat transfer, advanced power plants, building efficiency and HVAC and thermal energy storage) and Electrical Engineering (smart grids, energy storage, electric and hybrid mobility, power generation control and grid integration). All the above research projects are supported by specific laboratories where experimental and numerical activities are performed.
Umberto Desideri (umberto.desideri@unipi.it – https://people.unipi.it/umberto_desideri) holds a PhD in Energy Engineering at the University of Florence and is the principal investigator in this project and is full professor of thermal machines and energy systems. He has been PI or coordinator of several EU and Italian national projects in the field of energy systems and hydrogen and fuel cells. He is author of over 300 scientific papers listed in scopus with more than 6000 citations and h-index of 43.
Lorenzo Ferrari (lorenzo.ferrari@unipi.it) holds a PhD in Energy Engineering at the University of Florence, and is full professor of energy systems and is active in several topics ranging from energy storage to use of renewable energy and cryogenic cycles and applications. He has been PI in a number of scientific projects with companies and funded by national and international institutions. He is author of over 180 scientific papers listed in scopus with more than 3000 citations and h-index of 30.
Andrea Baccioli (andrea.baccioli@unipi.it) holds a PhD in Energy Engineering at the University of Pisa. He is senior assistant professor in Energy Systems and has worked in liquefaction and cryogenics applications for liquid air and LNG. He has participated in several funded projects at national and international level. He is author of over 50 scientific papers listed in scopus with more than 700 citations and h-index of 17.
Daniele Melideo (daniele.melideo@unipi.it) is assistant professor in Thermal Machines and has a strong background in hydrogen safety and hydrogen storage systems. He has worked at JRC in Petten for 7 years and holds a PhD in Nuclear Engineering. He is author of 26 scientific papers listed in scopus with more than 400 citations and h-index of 12.
Energy Policy Group
Energy Policy Group (EPG) is an independent think-tank, specialised in energy and climate policies. Founded in 2014, the association gathers experts who are working together in international research projects. In its work, EPG has a regional focus on Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Basin. Still, EPG’s research remains highly focused on the larger context of European policies and of global trends, in its endeavour to promote a constructive dialogue on decarbonisation among decision makers and the larger audience.
Radu Dudau, President EPG: (i) Bio – link, (ii) E: radu.dudau@enpg.ro; (iii) T: +04 0744 362 787
Alina Chirita (Arsani), Head of Energy Systems Programme EPG: (i) Bio – link, (ii) E: alina.chirita@enpg.ro; (iii) T: +04 0726 037 219
