Cooperation Projects
Interdisciplinary cooperation in the field of hydrogen and power-to-X
At the Technical University of Munich, various departments and groups are conducting research in the field of hydrogen and power-to-X. Research in the area of core competencies is bundled in the TUM.Hydrogen and PtX network and realized in the form of interdisciplinary projects.
As part of the TUM Hydrogen & PtX network, diverse projects have already been realized.
Currently, two interdisciplinary PtX projects are being carried out, the H2-Reallabor Burghausen and the International Future Lab REDEFINE H2E, which make it possible to draw a bridge between basic research and application.
H2-Reallabor Burghausen – ChemDelta Bavaria
Transformation of the chemical industry in ChemDelta Bavaria towards a sustainable hydrogen-based circular economy
AP1: System aspects and future planning (ESys), AP2: Power-to-MeOH (PtMeOH), AP3: Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), AP4: Circular economy and utilization of residues (KUR), AP5: Carbon dioxide capture on silica-based adsorbents (KASil), AP6: CO2 direct electrolysis to green ethylene (CODE), AP7: Production of hydrogen at a CO2-negative biogas plant
The research activities in the H2-Reallabor Burghausen - ChemDelta Bavaria project are divided into 7 work packages (AP).
| AP1: | Energy system analysis to identify material and energy dependencies as well as synergy potentials and to develop scenarios for the future design of the chemical site. |
| AP2: | Defossilization of the chemical industry by recycling unavoidable CO2 and synthesis with electrolysis H2 to the platform chemical methanol (MeOH) by means of a dynamic PtMeOH plant with coupled carbon capture plant. |
| AP3: | Reduction of greenhouse gases in aviation through the development of an innovative bio- and thermocatalytic process route for the simultaneous production of biokerosene and H2-based base chemicals. |
| AP4: | Intensification of the circular economy through novel technologies in residue utilization and recycling for the production of basic and fine chemicals from among others complex, inhomogeneous residues, sewage sludge and polymer residues. |
| AP5: | Optimization of the sorption characteristics of CO2 in carbon capture through the development of new materials based on silica adsorbents and investigation of innovative process technology. |
| AP6: | CO2 emission reduction in cement production through the synthesis of green ethylene by means of a novel CO2 direct electrolysis. |
| AP7: | Production of hydrogen and liquid CO2 from biogas and renewable electricity using a novel reversible solid oxide cell system (reversible Solid Oxide Cells - rSOC). |
Type: Collaborative project: H2 Reallabor Burghausen – ChemDelta Bavaria
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Funding code: 03SF0705B
Runtime: 01.04.2023 - 31.03.2027
TUM Partner: Chair of Energy Systems (LES), Chair for Strategy and Organization (CSO), Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems (ENS), Professorship of Regenerative Energy Systems (RES), Chair of Technical Chemistry I (TC1), Chair of Technical Chemistry II (TC2), Chair of Technical Electrochemistry (TEC), Chair of Plant and Process Technology (APT), Chair of Biochemical Engineering (BVT), Werner Siemens-Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology (WSSB), Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources (CBR), Professorship for Electrobiotechnology (EBT)
Network Partner: Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V.
Partner: Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences (TH-Ro), Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg (OTHR), Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft e.V. (FfE), many industrial partners from the region (Bavarian Chemical Triangle), see website
Website: H2-Reallabor - Reallabor Burghausen
Renewable Electricity Dispatch and Expendable
Feedstock-Integrated Net-Zero-Emission Hydrogen Economy
Production of green hydrogen using reversible high-temperature electrolysis (rSOC) and innovative gasification (e-Gas), up to the bio-catalytic synthesis of basic chemicals and energy carriers (bio-Cat), framed by elaborate system-level aspects investigation (SLAM)
The REDEFINE H2E concept enables the provision of green hydrogen from biogenic waste materials, as well as the generation of large quantities of pure hydrogen from excess renewable electricity. Moreover, REDEFINE H2E allows the generation of electricity from hydrogen and biogenic residues whilst renewable electricity is scarce. On top, the synthesis of basic chemicals and energy carriers based on green hydrogen and biogenic CO2 can be carried out independently of the power supply.
Type: Collaborative project: International Future Lab REDEFINE H2E
Funding: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Funding code: 01DD21005
Runtime: 01.12.2021 - 30.11.2024
TUM Partner: Chair of Energy Systems (LES), Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources (CBR)
International Partner: IEN (Poland), LEI (Lithuania), LTU (Sweden), UQ (Australia)
Website: REDEFINE H2E