The National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), a partner of AIHRE, has led the national project OPALH2 (‘Operation and control of hydrogen production and storage systems using electrolysers from renewable sources’), the results of which were presented on 29 July at the El Arenosillo Experimentation Centre (CEDEA, INTA).
Part of the work carried out in this project will continue within the AIHRE initiative, consolidating research into renewable hydrogen.
A strategic project for the energy transition
OPALH2 has been funded through the 2021 call for public grants for strategic projects aimed at ecological and digital transition under the 2021-2023 State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (ref. TED2021-131663B-I00).
In addition to INTA, researchers from the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation at the University of Seville and the Cardenal Herrera-CEU University in Valencia have also participated in the consortium.
Advances and contributions
OPALH2's work has focused on:
- Modelling of electrolysers using different technologies.
- The development of digital twins.
- Operating strategies for configurations with multiple stacks.
- The design and construction of experimental electrolysers.
Presentation of results
The closing day was attended—both in person and online—by researchers from universities, research centres and companies in the sector, such as H2B2.
The results have already been disseminated at conferences and in specialist publications and will be extended through new projects currently underway, including ODYELH2 and, notably, AIHRE.
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