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Call for proposals: GasTeF, Gas Tank Testing Facility

The European Commission's High Pressure Gas Tank Testing Facility (GasTeF) is one of the few facilities in Europe conducting research on on-board compressed gas storage systems.

Details

Status
Closed
Reference
2018-1-RD-GASTEF
Publication date
2 February 2022 in Petten, The Netherlands
Opening date
Deadline model
Single-stage
Deadline date
29 May 2019, 02:00 (CEST)

Description

The Gas Tank Testing Facility (GASTEF) is located at the Joint Research Centre of Petten (The Netherlands). It is dedicated to perform safety and performance evaluation of full-scale high pressure tanks used to store hydrogen (H2) or natural gas (CH4). GASTEF is designed to

  1. conduct "pneumatic cycling performance test" of the type approval regulations for hydrogen and natural gas vehicles (UN Regulation 134-ECE "GTR Nr- 13", EU Regulation 406/2010 and UN Regulation 110) and
  2. simulate a natural gas or hydrogen refuelling station in its main components (compressor,hydrogen cooler, dispenser, metering devices) and the interaction with high pressure on-board storage, whichallows evaluating from a safety point of view the effect of different refuelling conditions on high pressure components.
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Priority topics of GASTEF

  1. Safety and performance assessment of new concepts of compressed hydrogen and/or natural gas storage tanks;
  2. Assessment of hydrogen refuelling strategies: optimized fuelling protocols, less demanding pre-cooling needs, consequences of out-of-specification fuellings;
  3. Assessment of tank's material compatibility with e.g. high pressure hydrogen or hydrogen-compressed natural gas mixtures.

Definition and conditions of access

Access to the research infrastructure is granted on the basis of Access Units.

For GASTEF, the Access Unit corresponds to ' Weeks', which correspond to the time necessary to the preparation and execution of a testing campaign to full-fill the objectives of the project. For example a typical H2-cycle test of 1000 cycles takes approx. 5 weeks plus leak tests. Permeation tests of at least 500 hours, will take a minimum of 4 weeks. Experimental campaigns on tanks refuelling might take from one to several weeks depending on the number of conditions to be tested.

  • Estimated total number of Weeks allocated to the call: 10 weeks
  • Average number of Weeks per Project: 5 Weeks
  • Estimated costs excluding consumables and expenses:
    • Research infrastructure operated by JRC staff: 2358 € / Week*
    • Research infrastructure operated by users: Not possible

Options for the allocation of intellectual property rights:

  • The JRC and the entitled party (person or organisation that has been granted access) become co-owners in equal shares of all raw data, treated data and documentation data developed with respect to the access;

Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria

Any proposal will be scrutinised in accordance with weighted selection criteria such as:

  • Scientific implementation
  • Access to SMEs and new Users
  • Strategic relevance to the JRC
  • Strategic importance for Europe

How to apply

The proposal must be prepared by using the template given in Annex 3.1 of the Framework.

During preparation of the proposal, applicants are encouraged to:

The proposal should be submitted to JRC-RI-OPEN-ACCESSatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (JRC-RI-OPEN-ACCESS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) by the closing date of the call.

Communication of the assessment of proposals:2019-07-15 00:00:00

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