Home > Industrial development > Refining-Petrochemicals > Hydrogen
Hydrogen
A new approach
In the long term, the use of hydrogen in the transportation sector could become a whole new sector.
IFP is contributing to its emergence, in particular by studying the production of hydrogen from fossil fuels or biomass, with capture and storage of the CO2. The purification of the hydrogen is also an essential prerequisite to its use, and therefore the object of specific work.
Centralized production
IFP is taking part in the European Cachet project (Carbon capture via hydrogen energy technology). Its objective is to develop innovative clean technologies for the production of hydrogen from natural gas.
IFP's work in this context concerns in particular the development:
-
of a large-capacity, compact natural gas steam reforming process of high energy efficiency,
-
of advanced purification processes coupled with recovery of the CO2.
Decentralized production
IFP is working to develop decentralized technologies to produce hydrogen from:
-
gasoline,
-
gas oil,
- bioethanol, in particular for use in fuel cells.
In co-operation with the HyRadix company, IFP's teams are developing an autothermal reforming technology for liquid feedstocks. This process is addressed mainly to the industrial hydrogen market. It can also supply fuel cells intended for the decentralized production of electricity.
