The launch meeting for the ECOHYDRO project was held last week at IMT Nord Europe. 

Funded under the HORIZON EUROPE Framework Program for Research and Innovation, this international project aims to develop the new generation of composites materials needed to store all forms of hydrogen, and how they can be used in a commercial circular economy approach. 

CANOE will have several objectives:

• Develop a resin that meets ECOHYDRO specifications (satisfactory impregnation, suitable shelf life, reactivity at ambient temperature, low cost, …).
• Supply filament-wound coupons to test flame-retardant/insulating/self-healing thermoplastic formulations, as well as reinforcements such as carbon and basalt.
• Produce laboratory-scale demonstrators and control them by non-destructive testing.
• Study the mechanical and physico-chemical recyclability of these tanks.

Consortium :

Basaltex NV,CHEMICAL & INTERMODAL LOGISTICS, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, PROMAT RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, Airbus, CANOE, MAHYTEC SARL, ARKEMA, D.P. MATERIALS DESIGN AND PROCESSING SRL, HAESAERTS LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA, ELECTRA COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LIMITED, FEV TR AUTOMOTIVE AND ENERGY RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LTD, TEMSA SKODA SABANCI ULASIM ARACLARIANONIM SIRKETI.

Supported by Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members

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