Development of new mini-reactor for effective production of hydrogen for fuel cells

The Danish Technological Institute is helping to ensure that Denmark is among the world’s leading countries when it comes to research into renewable energy based on hydrogen. One new hydrogen activity, among many others, that the Institute has recently embarked on is the development of a reactor, which can produce pure hydrogen of ammonia from the so-called hydrogen tablets.

The reactor is designed to be used in pollution-free power generators or built into the new hydrogen cars.

So far, a laboratory reactor has been developed, which can produce enough hydrogen for a 1 kW fuel cell. The reactor has an efficiency of 93%.

We believe that the hydrogen tablet has a great potential as the fuel of the future. Hydrogen is environmentally-friendly and is an obvious choice for a green alternative to petrol when it can be stored in tablet form, says hydrogen expert Jens Christiansen from the Danish Technological Institute, who is leading the project.

The project has been subsidised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation with EUR 0.5 million. The partners in the project are Amminex A/S, Grundfos A/S and the Technical University of Denmark.