Itm Power PLC

ITM Power designs and manufactures hydrogen energy systems based on electrolysis. In the past two years there has been growing interest in storing energy in the form of hydrogen in the natural gas grid which is being called “Power to Gas”. On the gas grid there is a large quantity of unrecovered energy in the form of pressure. In recent years there has be...

ITM is embarking on a project, assisted by the Technology Strategy Board and other funding collaborators, which will result in a technical specification and model for a hydrogen gas storage and injection scheme, based on the use of electrolysers as a means of absorbing spare capacity from renewables and other sources. National Grid's July 2011 report on p...

Within electrochemical cells, it is critical to achieve good contact between the catalyst (which produces the gas) and the membrane (which separates the anode and cathode within the cell). ITM Power has a patent covering a novel method of achieving this: catalyst is sprayed onto the walls of a mould, liquid monomers are poured into the mould, cured and th...

Every electrolyser system contains at least one power supply unit (PSU). ITMs products are no exception. The PSUs can be a high cost component of the system (up to 16% of the capital cost), and when not optimised can introduce inefficiencies in the overall system. This project will develop the concepts for and test a basic prototype for a modular power su...

This project addresses the scale up of manufacture of novel membrane materials to serve the energy storage market and the hydrogen economy more generally. Membranes and MEAs are core to ITMs business and are presently made manually in small batch processes, whilst offering great flexibility this fails to fully utilise all of the cost advantages that these...

ITM is a developer of electrolyser and fuel cell technologies for the generation and consumption of hydrogen, and is interested in developing a home refueller for supplying hydrogen to road vehicles. Interest in hydrogen is growing as a clean fuel and energy storage medium amid concerns over growing global demand, dwindling fossil fuel resources, politica...

Hydrogen is an integral part of the move towards clean, sustainable energy systems. One key issue is that of gas storage. The safest option is the use of solid hydrides that can absorb and release hydrogen on demand. However, storage systems must combine fast kinetics with the practicalities of system manufacturing. Thus, while the move towards high surfa...

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CREO aims to improve and re-optimise the engine and after-treatment as a complete system, meeting legislative, customer and business requirements while minimising CO2 levels. This will be achieved through the use of novel after-treatment techniques, the on-board generation and use of hydrogen and the development and application of new optimisation tools.

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