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

工业过程副产品的清洁燃料在分布的工业化学设施中，通常很难将所有的副产品充分利用为有用的最终产品，而在小型、分布的氯碱工厂中，副产品氢经常被排出。氢可以作为一种清洁燃料用于交通运输，其显著的优势是燃烧干净，改善空气质量。作为一种清洁的运输燃料，氯碱氢必须加压，而现有的技术既节能又昂贵。该项目旨在开发一种电化学氢气压缩机（ECHC），该压缩机至少可以执行某些压缩阶段，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成氢离子，然后利用低成本的电驱动力推动氢离子穿过膜，在膜上，机械限制会导致压力的积聚。所使用的电力可以再生产生。墨西哥合作伙伴将率先设计、建造和测试eccs原型，并结合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可以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，并通过减少汽车排放来改善空气质量。作为英国先进催化剂的开发商，PV3技术公司将讨论许可方案，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效益。

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.