Funded as part of the HORIZON EUROPE funding program for research and innovation for a four-year period, this international project aims to develop a new recyclable thermoplastic resin with specific functionalities (self-repairability, fire resistance), a new, more cost-effective filament winding process to manufacture hydrogen tanks, digital models to predict the residual life of tanks using Structural Health Monitoring technology via built-in sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms and new composite recycling technology to recover carbon fibers from tanks at the end-of-life and reuse them to manufacture new parts.
This project will be conducted in collaboration with 14 academic and industrial partners from seven countries:
- Belgium (Basaltex NV, Chemical & Intermodal Logistics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, PROMAT Research And Technology Centre)
- France (Airbus, Centre Technologique Nouvelle-Aquitaine Composites & Materiaux Avances, Mahytec Sarl, Arkema)
- Italy (DP Materials Design And Processing Srl)
- Luxembourg (Haesaerts, Luxembourg Institute Of Science And Technology)
- Poland (Politechnika Wroclawska)
- UK (Electra Commercial Vehicles Limited)
- Turkey (FEV TR Automotive and Energy Research and Engineering Ltd, Temsa Skoda Sabanci Ulasim Araclarianonim Sirketti)
Chung-Hae Park, an IMT Nord Europe Professor at the Center for Education, Research and Innovation (CERI) Materials and Processes, will lead the team and ensure the coordination of the project.
Located north of Paris, IMT Nord Europe is an engineering school with over 2,000 students, a third of whom are apprentices. With its three research centres, it is part of the Institut Mines-Télécom and is a partner of the University of Lille.
