Corvus Energy on Monday introduced it has been awarded funding via the EU’s Horizon Europe Framework Program for the mixing of ammonia cracker know-how with its Pelican Fuel Cell system.
The mission, titled “APOLO”, is a collaboration between a number of companions and goals to resolve the challenges of energy conversion from ammonia and develop an environment friendly and versatile ammonia cracking know-how for the maritime sector.
The four-year program, which began January 1, 2024, will exhibit energy conversion from commercially accessible Fuel cell programs utilizing hydrogen from ammonia cracking with an influence output of 125kW. The program can even check an ammonia cracker coupled with a novel ammonia engine operating on an ammonia/hydrogen mix to check the totally different applied sciences.
Partners within the mission along with Corvus Energy are; H2Site, Tecnalia, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 1 CUBE, Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola, Nuvera, Astander, Fertiberia and LEC GMBH. Tecnalia would be the coordinator of the mission.
Through this system, Corvus Energy will work with H2Site and the opposite companions on the event, integration, testing and demonstration of the ammonia cracker and their Corvus Pelican PEM Fuel Cell. In addition, Corvus Energy will lead a piece bundle growing a enterprise case for these programs used onboard ships.
Project outcomes will advance zero-emission transport and be a step ahead for using ammonia in maritime transportation.
“We are very grateful for the opportunity to collaborate on this exciting development. In decarbonizing the maritime sector, ammonia will be an essential part of the energy mix for ships sailing the longest routes and that also emits the most,” Svenn Kjetil Haveland, VP Development Projects explains and continues; “there are no commercially viable ammonia solutions available for the ship-owners as of today. Developing advanced methods for cracking ammonia and demonstrating scalability and overall system efficiency is an important step forward.”
The mission funding is a part of the Horizon Europe Framework Program, Horizon-CL5-2023-D5-01. The applied sciences developed in APOLO might be able to concentrating on the primary 30,000 ships out there. Initially, the main target might be on vessels with 1 to 10 MW propulsion, with a major variety of them being round 3 MW within the subsequent decade, as these are the primary vessels related for ammonia-powered options.
