Dec 12, 2023
Partner presentation 🤝
IMDEA Energy NIMPHEA team
IMDEA is a research initiative driven by the Regional Government of Madrid (Spain) and formed by a network of independent centres which operate as public non-profit foundations. IMDEA Energy is part of the IMDEA network since its creation in November 2006. Its mission is the promotion of R&D activities in energy, with emphasis on topics related to sustainable energy technologies, including their analysis from technical, economic, environmental and social perspectives.
The Systems Analysis Unit of IMDEA Energy has a strong background in the technoeconomic, environmental and social assessment of a wide range of energy systems, especially hydrogen-related ones. The research team is composed by a group of experts on the development and use of modelling and simulation tools, life cycle sustainability assessment, and prospective analysis.
Within NIMPHEA, IMDEA Energy leads WP6 on “techno-economic, environmental and risk assessment”. In particular, IMDEA Energy leads NIMPHEA tasks on environmental life-cycle assessment, life-cycle costing, and eco-efficiency benchmarking.
“The IMDEA Energy team is in charge of studying the sustainability of the systems developed in the NIMPHEA project looking at releasing environmentally friendly and socially responsible systems.”
“The IMDEA Energy team has a wide experience in sustainability assessment of hydrogen systems applied to different sectors but its participation in NIMPHEA will broaden its expertise to the aviation one.”
Javier Dufour, Research Professor
Meet the team:
Javier Dufour: PhD, Research Professor, Systems Analysis Unit
Vafa Feyzi: PhD, Postdoctoral researcher, Systems Analysis Unit
Diego Iribarren: PhD, Senior researcher, Systems Analysis Unit
Sumanth Maddula: MSc, Predoctoral researcher, Systems Analysis Unit
Nov 24, 2023
On the 16th and 17th of November 2023, the NIMPHEA project held its second General Assembly meeting at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Strasbourg (France).
NIMPHEA General Assembly members
Partners presented their main technical achievements and principal results, offering vision about the project’s progression on the development of a new generation of HT-MEA.
It was also an opportunity for partners to discuss key technical issues and for the coordinator to update the consortium on ongoing administrative and communication activities.
At the end of the first day of meeting, participants were able to do a Lab tour organised by the CNRS.
The discussions showed a high level of commitment from all partners and a progression in line with the workplan and schedule.
Thank you to the whole NIMPHEA team which made this meeting a success with insightful technical discussions.
And special thanks to the CNRS for welcoming the consortium in Strasbourg !
Oct 9, 2023
On October 5th and 6th 2023, the NIMPHEA project coordinator, Yan Duranteau (R&T Project lead), along with Marion Scohy (Stack design Engineer) visited the CNRS premises for a two-day workshop.
They were welcomed there by Tristan Asset (CNRS Researcher – Project manager for NIMPHEA) and Kirill Dosaev (Postdoctoral researcher).
It was an opportunity for Safran Power Units to present their Hydrogen Roadmap to the CNRS team.
The two partners also discussed very technical issues related to the NIMPHEA project such as GDL (Gas Diffusion Layer), catalyst layer structure and PVD (Plasma Vapor Deposition) aspects, as well as upcoming dissemination activities for the project.
NIMPHEA partners will also all get the opportunity to discover the CNRS premises when they all meet there for NIMPHEA second General Assembly meeting later this year.
Jun 12, 2023
In late May, the team from Safran Power Units was welcomed at the Advent facilities in Patras (Greece) for a two-day workshop.
It was an opportunity for Advent to present their organisation in detail and for Safran PU, as coordinator of NIMPHEA, to meet the project team at Advent.
The two partners also discussed technical issues of the project, including testing protocols and industrialisation. Safran PU also took this opportunity to present the context of aeronautical regulation in which they evolve.
Jun 11, 2023
The NIMPHEA project has officially started its activities in January 2023. Following an online administrative kick-off on 16 January, the consortium met for the first NIMPHEA General Assembly meeting, held on 23-24 March in Paris, France.
The NIMPHEA consortium, composed of seven organisations from four different European countries, met to discuss specific technical issues related to the different work packages and refine tasks for the first five months of the project as well as present project monitoring methods and tools. The communication and dissemination tools, objectives and rules were also presented to the 21 participants.
