Projet BLESSED (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Doctoral Networks - Industrial Doctorates
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

To achieve the goals of the European Green Deal on climate neutrality, a 90% reduction in transport emissions is needed by 2050. The automotive industry urgently needs to accelerate the introduction of alternative powertrains for electrified vehicles. Hydrogen-powered Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are carbon-free power devices that meet these goals in both mobile and stationary applications. BLESSED aims at revolutionising the design process of next generation PEMFCs, to improve efficiency, durability and affordability for widespread use, with direct implications in clean energy and sustainable industry/mobility. BLESSED will train 15 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) to solve Multi-Scale (MS) engineering challenges, from the electrons up to the device level, through a unique combination of multi-disciplinary computational methods with Machine Learning (ML) to bridge each length scale’s highly accurate model to adjacent scales. Then, a top-down length scale approach will be followed to optimise PEMFC and its components. To this end, the 15 DCs will synergistically develop a unique MS computational framework for the all-scale PEMFC analysis/design, assisted by ML tools. This will allow the simultaneous consideration of complex physico-chemical phenomena occurring at all length scales, such as catalytically-assisted chemical reactions, contact of rough surfaces, mechanical/chemical degradation of membranes, fluid flows in porous media etc., at affordable computational cost. The proposed ID-network brings together world-class academic expertise on numerical modelling and simulation in electrochemistry, reacting flows, fluid mechanics, materials, optimisation methods and ML, with industrial developers. With a strong focus on industrial applications, BLESSED will develop methodologies and tools to exceed state-of-the-art in PEMFCs by minimising the Platinum group metal content and corrosion while maximising mass transport and electrical conductivity.

Mots clés : mobility, energy efficiency, degradation, solid liquid gas interface, multi scale and scale bridging, quantum mechanics, particle mechanics, continuum mechanics, optimisation, hpc

Participants :
- Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Anstalt für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List (Austria) (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 405496.8 €
- Université de Ljubljana (Slovénie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 121089.6 €
- Opencfd limited (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université technique de Vienne (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 135165.6 €
- Toyota Motor Corporation (Belgium) (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 656550.0 €
- Université Nationale Technique d'Athènes (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 120049.2 €
- Simune atomistics sl (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 125985.6 €
- AC2T Research (Austria) (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 135165.6 €
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 130269.6 €
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Freudenberg technology innovation se & co. kg (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 390808.8 €
- Université de Crète (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 240098.4 €
- Altair engineering France (Grèce) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 424040.4 €
- École internationale supérieure d'études avancées (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 129718.8 €
- Asouti v & sia oe (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 120049.2 €
- Université de Fribourg-en-Brisgau (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 130269.6 €
- Université de Belgrade (Serbie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Matgenix (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 131310.0 €
- Wendelsbergs beräkningskemi ab (Suède) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Serbie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 105422.4 €