H2SITE to coordinate HERMES Horizon Europe Project
Spanish hydrogen technology developers H2SITE, will coordinate the HERMES Project (Hydrogen Efficient Purification Using Membranes in Industrial Gas Streams), co-funded by the European Union.
Under the umbrella of the Horizon Europe programme and supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, the main goal is to greatly improve hydrogen purification efficiency by using two breakthrough membrane reactor technologies – H2SITE’s proprietary palladium-based membranes and carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes.
H2SITE’s role as coordinator reflects the ongoing commitment to delivering on-site, cost-effective hydrogen production and separation technologies. Image courtesy of H2SITE
Two prototypes will be developed and tested in different industrial sites, each designed to separate 100 kg/day of high-purity hydrogen.
These prototypes will handle real industrial gas streams with variable hydrogen content and complex compositions: from hydrogen-rich natural reservoirs (up to 97% H₂) to challenging mixed hydrocarbon streams in refinery desulphurisation units (as low as 5% H₂), as well as syngas from methanation and biomass gasification.
The project brings together 7 partners from 4 countries, including research centres, universities, and industrial organisations, working together to push forward clean and decentralised hydrogen solutions.
Based in Bizkaia in Northern Spain, H2SITE’s role as coordinator reflects the ongoing commitment to delivering on-site, cost-effective hydrogen production and separation technologies using their palladium-alloy membrane reactors.
Alejandro Barranco Lapeña, Project Manager at H2SITE, said: “Membrane reactors can unlock the value of hydrogen streams that today are wasted or underutilised. In HERMES, we want to prove that on-site purification is technically and economically viable across very different industrial environments.”
For more information, visit www.h2site.eu and www.hermes-h2.eu.