Structure

WP1 main objectives are:

• Ensure proper overall management and coordination
• Support participants in achieving the objectives and KPIs
• Establish the required implementation plan with subsequent revisions (as appropriate)
• Establish a data management plan with the required updates
• Ensure that deliverables are submitted according to plan and budget
• Ensure that contractual obligations of the consortium comply with EU regulations
• Ensure that legal requirements abide by best practices of resource management (cf. Financial Guidelines)
• Establish a platform that facilitates effective internal communication
• Foster an integrative process within the consortium
• Identify early warnings of risks and initiate proportionate mitigation measures and contingency plans
• Define measurable indicators for progress reporting

WP2 main objectives are:

• Improve robustness of the DLE H₂ combustion system design
• Improve turbulent burning-rate pressure scaling for lean premixed hydrogen-air flames
• Characterise thermoacoustic response within a full range from atmospheric to high-pressure conditions
• Ensure dynamic flame stabilisation and stable operations
• De-risk the DLE H₂ combustion system via advanced modelling of the burning rate and thermoacoustics
• Adapt estimates and modelling to conditions relevant to the DLE H₂ combustion system operations

WP3 main objectives are:

• Improve the combustion system and prepare test sites and subsequent test campaigns
• Demonstrate the DLE H₂ combustion system with up to 100% hydrogen at TRL6 in SestaLab
• Provide a system prototype to demonstrate the DLE H₂ technology equipped with tanked hydrogen
• Demonstrate the DLE H₂ technology in an engine system running with 0-100% H₂ at TRL7
• Aggregate at least 60 fired hours of engine testing with the DLE H₂ technology (not continuous testing)
• Develop plant integration concepts to enable operation of retrofitted GTs with up to 100% H₂
• Confirm fulfilment of the objectives and KPIs

WP4 main objectives are:

• Ensure proper risk management and re-evaluation for retrofitting gas turbines with DLE H₂ technology
• De-risk, improve, and reinforce the design features of the DLE H₂ technology during transient phases
• Conduct complementary risk analyses pertaining to HSE assessment
• Conduct failure mode, failure effects, and criticality analyses pertaining to the DLE H₂ technology
• Analyse and identify specific risk factors (damage factors and de-risking measures) for H₂ gas turbines
• Provide procedures for risk management and evaluation for retrofitting turbines with DLE H₂ technology
• Develop a safety management plan that enables operation of retrofitted GTs with up to 100% H₂
• Perform plant specific safety analyses at test site
• Assess risk abatement measures at condensers in the chimney

WP5 main objectives are:

• Develop an exploitation roadmap for H₂-fired gas turbines utilising the targeted DLE H₂ technology
• Emphasise potential retrofit markets and emerging markets in need of new capacities
• Define pathways towards these prospective markets
• Develop a strategic plan for early market uptake with candidate first-movers
• Develop scenarios for strategic showcases by 2030, positioning (2030+), and transitioning (by 2050)
• Identify knowledge and technology gaps and associated risks
• Identify further needs for R&D and measures of political, financial, commercial, and societal nature
• Establish structural plans as to how the technology can be positioned to obtain expected impacts
• Assess options for the support of third-party engine manufacturers via licencing arrangements
• Conduct life cycle sustainability analyses of the expected impact defined in the roadmap
• Ensure availability of CHP data for GT+CHP plant simulation (digital twin)
• Assess impacts of retrofitting a GT+CHP plant with the DLE H₂ technology for operations with H₂

WP6 main objectives are:

• Raise awareness of the project activities and objectives
• Disseminate project results to relevant stakeholders
• Promote the project and its benefits to a wider audience
• Consolidate synergies with other EU-funded projects and other initiatives
• Present pathways for integration of specific results into EU policies