m. steen – iea hia exco – nov.2006 the jrc at the service of the european citizen institute for...

M. Steen – IEA HIA ExCo – Nov.2006

The JRC at the Service of the European Citizen

Institute for Energy (IE)Petten, The Netherlands

http:// ie.jrc.ec.europa.euhttp:// www.jrc.nl


European Commission(25 Commission members)

Panorama of the European UnionEuropean Court

of AuditorsEuropean Parliament

The Council of the

European Union

The Committee of the Regions

Court of JusticeEconomic and

Social Committee

SG. RELEX ENTR ENV SANCO JRC…

IES

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IEIPSC IPTS

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IRMM ITUIHCP


Why JRC?

More than 25% of all EU legislation has a significant S&T basis (e.g. food, chemicals, environment, energy)

• advanced analytical requirements, e.g. related to nuclear safety• harmonisation - best practice – validation;• training.

As a service of the European Commission, the JRC providesin-house scientific and technical support to Community policy making

In the last 2 years, the JRC has been involved in over 70 pieces of EU legislation


to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoringof EU policies

The JRC functions as a centre of science and technology (S&T) reference for the EU independent of commercial and national interests...

JRC Mission Statement


The structure of the JRC

IE - Petten The Netherlands• Institute for Energy

IRMM - Geel Belgium• Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements

ITU - Karlsruhe Germany • Institute for Transuranium elements

IPSC - IHCP - IES - Ispra Italy• Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen • Institute for Health and Consumer Protection • Institute for Environment and Sustainability

IPTS - Seville Spain• Institute for Prospective Technological Studies • DG, Scientific Strategy & Resource Directorates

7 Institutes in 5 Member States: total staff 2200


Sustainable Competitive

Secure

Future EnergySystem

Commission Green Paper COM(2006)105


Energy at the JRC

to provide scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of community policies related to energy.

performance assessment of energy technologies: efficiency, safety, reliability, environmental compliance

new energy carriers: Hydrogen solar test installation for photovoltaic devices characterisation of vehicle emissions security aspects of energy infrastructures techno- and socio-economic aspects in energy

production, conversion and use

to become EC S&T reference for safer and cleaner energy technologies


Nuclear safety

Making both existing and new

designs of nuclear power plants in

enlarged EU & CIS even safer

Cleaner Energies

Supporting the transition towards

a de-carbonised, hydrogen

economy

High Flux Reactor• Medical Applications

• Nuclear Safety

IE Activities

Energy Information Platformevaluation, validation, forecasting, dissemination


Provide S&T support to EU policies on safer and cleaner energy technologies for sustainable development through acting as the EC in-house reference point on selected energy technology issues

Clean Energies Unit Mission

validating, harmonising and analysing data and information on sustainable energy technologies

validating, harmonising and standardising measurement and test methods and procedures (forerunners to codes & standards)

assessing, validating and benchmarking performance, efficiency, reliability, safety and environmental compliance of selected safer and cleaner energy technologies

S&T competence, state-of-the-art facilities, competitive work active communication of rationale and policy-impact of the work

programme and dissemination of its output


Experimental Activities

no development of new technologies, but

1) “enabling” activities in areas of:

• process issues related to alternative fuels and hydrogen from biomass

• characterisation and performance assessment of• fuel cells, stacks and systems• hydrogen storage technologies• hydrogen sensors

2) techno-economic assessment of energy technology issues

through own research and networking with EU stakeholders


Energy Recovery and Alternative Fuels from Waste and Biomass

Internally circulating

fluidized bed facility for

gasification

Water

Flui

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d be

d re

acto

r

Extraction Hood

Exha

usts

(15

Nm3 /h

)

Ash

Burn

er

Syngas

(10 Nm3/h)

Exha

usts

(60

Nm3 /h

)

Air heater

Furn

ace

Steam generator

SteamFu

el

hopp

er

Fuel

(5 kg/h)

Watersoftener


Validation and Verification of Fuel Cell technologies

Environmental and vibration testing of FC systems and their performance

CFD modelling of FC performance & modelling validation

4-TRACK SERPENTINE

PARALLEL TRACK

4-TRACK SERPENTINE

PARALLEL TRACK


GasTeF

Safety bunker for stationary & cyclic

testing facility up to 800 bar

GasTeF

Safety bunker for stationary & cyclic

testing facility up to 800 bar

High Pressure H2 Storage

SolTeF

Laboratory for storage capacity characterisation

SolTeF

Laboratory for storage capacity characterisation

Solid-state H2 Storage

SenTeF

Laboratory for sensor testing

SenTeF

Laboratory for sensor testing

On-board safety sensors

2D and 3D CFD codes

dispersion modelling

2D and 3D CFD codes

dispersion modelling

Modeling H2 release

H2 Storage, Distribution and Safety Activities


• pressure testing of hydrogen and natural gas tanks, mainly for vehicle applications

• permeation measurements and load-cycling at controlled temperature

• development of test procedures for performance testing• support to pre-normative research & standardization

• development & validation of risk assessment methodologies

(3a) High Pressure Storage

bunker for high pressure facilities


Application of expertise and tools developed and used in nuclear safety

Hydrogen Safety / Risk


Hydrogen Explosion / Distribution

H2 release from a bus tank in a tunnel

- pressure distribution on an iso surface of 350 K

H2 release from a bus tank in a tunnel

- pressure distribution on an iso surface of 350 K

Explosion accident in a

refueling station

Explosion accident in a

refueling station

Flow path in streets with South-West

winds

Flow path in streets with South-West

winds


The challenge: sensors that can sense leaks within the target timeframe at the desired detection level, assess the hazard, trigger an alarm or activate a protective device

Type of sensors: electrochemical, semi-conductor, catalytic pellistor, thermal conductivity and field effect transistor.

Objective: to establish unified testing procedures for H2- safety sensor performance (lifetime, sensitivity, accuracy, reaction time..) under real service life conditions

(3b) On-board vehicle hydrogen safety sensors


(3c) Solid-State Storage

Objective:to reduce uncertainties in hydrogen sorption

measurement techniques for reliable assessment of potential and of fitness for purpose

• laboratory investigations •using different characterisation

techniques/instruments•covering different temperature and pressure regimes

• repeatable and reproducible results on well-characterised materials

• ‘round robin’ exercises• unified testing procedures


Sustainable Energy Technologies Reference

& Information

Other activities• Inter-service group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells• Secretariat of the European H2 & Fuel Cell Technology

Platform• Drafting of strategic documents, implementation plan• Move towards Joint Technology Initiative• Harmonisation with other European Technolofy Platforms

(ZEP, Dynamis project)• ExCo of IEA Hydrogen Implementation Agreement• Implementation and Liaison Committee of International

Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy

Objectives: in collaboration between JRC institutes• to collect, harmonise and validate information on energy

technologies• to perform related techno-economic assessments • to establish, in collaboration with all relevant national partners,

the S&T reference required for the debate on a Sustainable Energy strategy in an enlarged EU & in the context of global sustainable development


International Energy Agency

• ExCo H2 Implementing Agreement • HIA Task 17 Solid and Liquid State Hydrogen Storage Materials• HIA Task 22• HIA Task 18 Assessment of Integrated Systems• HIA Task 19 Hydrogen Safety• ExCo FC Implementing Agreement • Bioenergy Task 36 Integrated Waste Management• Bioenergy Task 37 Biogas

CEN/CENELEC

• CEN/TC 343 (Solid Recovered Fuels)• CEN/BT/WG/ 149 “Liquid and Gaseous Alternative Fuels”• CEN/CENELEC mandate

Others: IEC-TC 105, IOS-TC 197, US Fuel Cell Council, …


IPHE efforts• Commenting scoping papers H2 storage, fuel cells,

socio-economics• Lead scoping paper Regulations, Codes and

Standards• Co-chair of RCS WG (H2 safety explicitly included)• Co-organisation with DG RTD and US-DoE of

international workshops• Hydrogen Storage (Lucca 2005)• Hydrogen from Renewables (Seville 2005)• Hydrogen Safety (Pisa 2005)identifying IEA links

• Forthcoming workshops• IPHE-IEA hydrogen storage (2006)• ICHS-2 (San Sebastian, 2007)

• Participation to IPHE-projects (NessHy, Hy-Approval, HyWays-IPHE, FCTESQA, …)


1. Exploiting unique combination of expertise and facilities• Calibration and Certification of Photovoltaic Solar Electricity, …• performance assessment: H2 storage and fuel cell technologies, …• energy from waste, biomass (incl. energy crops)

Robust science for policy making

2. Networking with stakeholders within the European Energy Research Area

3. Interfacing/interacting with international activities

4. Training, education, dissemination

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