{"id":5695,"date":"2021-01-26T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/news\/methacycle-brennstoffzellensystem-am-ende-des-wirkkreislaufs\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T13:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:16:53","slug":"methacycle-fuel-cell-system-at-the-end-of-the-active-cycle","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/methacycle-fuel-cell-system-at-the-end-of-the-active-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"MethaCycle - Fuel cell system at the end of the active cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MethaCycle – Fuel cell system at the end of the active cycle<\/h2>\n
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The volatility of renewable energy is a major challenge in the implementation of the energy transition. One approach to decoupling supply and demand in the Metha-Cycle research project is the use of hydrogen stored in methanol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hydrogen produced electrolytically with wind, solar or hydro power is converted into methanol with the addition of CO2<\/sub>\u00a0using a catalytic process developed by several research teams. The methanol can then be transported, stored and handled using existing infrastructure. H2<\/sub>\u00a0is also recovered from methanol by catalytic means.<\/p>\n

The subsequent conversion to electricity takes place in an HTPEM fuel cell system developed by ZBT. ZBT was responsible for the selection of the appropriate fuel cell type depending on the quality of the H2<\/sub>-rich product gas, the development of the fuel cell system with novel waste heat integration, the thermal integration of the FC system into the H2<\/sub>\u00a0generation process of the project partners and operation of the integrated system at the project partner FAU in Erlangen. The closed methanol cycle developed in the overall consortium could thus be fully mapped.<\/p>\n

The FC system developed specifically for the project fulfilled the following technical boundary conditions:<\/p>\n

Fuel cell stack and system technology (ZBT)<\/p>\n