Compact Multifuel-Energy to Hydrogen Converter (CoMETHY)
Project Objectives
CoMETHy aims at developing a compact steam reformer to convert reformable fuels (methane, bioethanol, glycerol, etc.) to pure hydrogen, adaptable to several heat sources (solar, biomass, fossil, refuse derived fuels, etc.) depending on the locally available energy mix.
Official site: www.comethy.enea.it
Start/End Date
December 1, 2011 - November 30, 2014
Principal Investigators
- Luca Turchetti – RTD until December 2012
- Luisa Di Paola – RTI since December 2012
Host Institution
ENEA – Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Other Institutions involved
- Processi Innovativi Srl. - Italy
- Acktar Ltd. - Israel
- Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - Israel
- IKTS - Fraunhofer Institute, Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems - Germany
- University of Salerno, Department of Industrial Engineering - Italy
- CERTH - Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - Greece
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece
- Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Chemical Engineering Materials & Environment - Italy
- ECN - Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands - the Netherlands
- GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH - Germany
- Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome - Italy
Source of funding
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU)