ROAD TRHYP project kicked off in Paris

The kick-off meeting of the ROAD TRHYP project has been held at the Air Liquide Innovation Campus Paris. Our WIC members Air Liquide and Covess are important projects in the project. The overall objective of the ROAD TRHYP project is to develop and validate a trailer integrating new thermoplastic composite tubes (Type V) to maximise the quantity of H2 transported while satisfying end-user requirements (safety, ability to be decontaminated) and enforced regulations with a low cost. By the end of the project, the consortium will design a trailer capable of handling a payload of 1.5 tonne of H2 with 700 bar tubes and a capex lower than 400 €/kg. This enables the decrease of the number of transport rotations between the site of production and the delivery site, consequently the reduction of the environmental footprint of transporting compressed hydrogen, but also a downsizing of the compressor at the hydrogen refueling station. In the meantime, the project will heavily investigate new fire testing methodologies and safety barriers for Type V adoption.

ROAD TRHYP’s overall ambition is to develop Europe’s value chain of Type V technologies. More specifically, the project intends to address all manufacturers across Europe who could benefit from the project’s innovative process and materials. Beyond the targeted commercial Type V trailers applications, the knowledge developed on composite materials could benefit main actors in the mobility sectors or the hydrogen storage for inter-seasonal energy storage. As a consequence, the project will help achieve the European Green Deal making hydrogen a widespread energy carrier, by 2030.

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