Newton Fund - Renewable energy source based on the recovery, purification and storage of hydrogen from chlor-alkali plants

来自工业过程副产品的清洁燃料在部署分布式工业化学设施的情况下，通常难以将所有副产品充分利用为有用的最终产品，并且在小型分布式氯碱厂的情况下，副产品氢气通常被排出。氢气可用作运输应用的清洁燃料，其显著优点是清洁燃烧，改善空气质量。为了充分利用作为清洁运输燃料，氯碱氢必须加压，现有技术能源效率低且昂贵。该项目旨在开发一种电化学氢气压缩机（ECHC），该压缩机至少执行压缩所需的一些阶段，以使废弃的氢气成为有用的资源。ECHC的工作原理是将氢分子分解为氢离子，然后使用低成本的电驱动力将氢离子推过膜，其中机械限制导致压力增加。使用的电力可以再生。墨西哥合作伙伴将率先设计、建造和测试原型ECHC，并将采用英国合作伙伴开发的先进、低成本催化剂。通过这种方式，墨西哥合作伙伴将开发出可在墨西哥进行商业开发的技术，通过出口在国内和海外使用，在墨西哥建立新的业务，并通过减少车辆排放来改善空气质量。作为英国先进催化剂的开发商，PV3 Technologies将讨论许可证选项，以便墨西哥合作伙伴可以在催化剂制造方面开发新的商业机会，进一步加强该项目的经济案例。

Clean Fuel from Industrial Process By-ProductWhere distributed industrial chemical facilities are deployed it is often difficult to fully utilise all the by-products into useful end-products, and in the case of small, distributed chlor-alkali plants the by-product hydrogen is often vented. Hydrogen can be used as a clean fuel for transport applications with the significant advantage that it burns cleanly, improving air quality. To be fully utilised as a clean transport fuel, chlor-alkali hydrogen must be pressurised and existing technology is energy inefficient and expensive. This project aims to develop an electrochemical hydrogen compressor (ECHC) that perform at least some of the stages of the compression need to make wasted hydrogen a useful resource.An ECHC works by breaking down a hydrogen molecule into hydrogen ions and then using a low cost electrical driving force to push the hydrogen ions across a membrane where ma mechanical restriction leads to the build-up of pressure. The electricity used can be renewably generated. The Mexican partners will take the lead to design, build and test protype ECHCs, incorporating advanced, low cost catalysts to be developed by the UK partners. By working in this way, the Mexican partners will develop technology that can be commercially exploited from Mexico for use in-country and overseas via exports, establishing new businesses in Mexico and contributing to improvements in air quality by reduced vehicle emissions. PV3 Technologies as a developer of the advanced catalyst in the UK will discuss licencing options such that the Mexican partners can develop new commercial opportunities in catalyst manufacturing, further strengthening the economic case of this project.