HIMUGI

About the project

Date:

2024 - 2026

Typology:

R+D+I

Programme:

HAZITEK

Category:

Safety

Partners:

Argolabe (Leader), Mariskone, Industrias Plásticos Castro, ULMA, Optimus3D, Tamoin, Trafag, Fidegas, Team Ingeniería, IK Ingeniería

Collaborators:

CAF, CEIT, CIDETEC, Tecnalia, Cluster Vasco Energía

Description

By developing more efficient, safer and sustainable H2 systems for mobility/transportation, HIMUGI aims to advance H2-related research and technology and demonstrate the feasibility of its use, marking an important milestone on the road to a more sustainable future.

The focus of the HIMUGI Project is threefold: firstly, to increase the sustainability of H2 cylindrical tank design/manufacturing by exploring new bio-based materials that can reduce the environmental footprint without compromising performance. Secondly, to advance research on critical metallic components, addressing challenges such as H2 embrittlement and the optimisation of additive manufacturing techniques to produce components with complex geometries with thermal control and leakage. In third place, the HIMUGI Project focuses on integral safety, implementing advanced methodologies and digital tools to simulate different usage scenarios and anticipate possible risks, thus ensuring safer and more reliable operation.

Scope & Objective

The main objective of the HIMUGI project is to obtain a more efficient, sustainable and safer hydrogen propulsion system for mobility/transport.

This general objective entails the following specific objectives:

Create pressurised H2 demonstrator, from storage to H2 stack, including refuelling.
Research into critical materials and components that make up the System, with special emphasis on environmental impact.
Design and simulate the safety of the system by foreseeing hot spots to be properly controlled and sensed.
Validate the system developed in the project at laboratory level.