Czech Hydrogen Days 2018

Praha 13/15 June 2018

New Programme of Study and e-Learning Tools for

Educating in Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies

Robert Steinberger-Wilckens
Centre for Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Research
University of Birmingham
Setting the Scene
• Market introduction of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles by Toyota, Hyundai,
Honda, and Daimler from 2017/18 ‘in the thousands’
• Installation of 220,000 residential fuel cells (μCHP) in Japan;
~3,000 units within the EU
• Delivery of >50,000 portable FC systems in the EU
• Growing HRS network in Germany and across the EU
• BOSCH shutting down battery production (‘no business case’) and
concentrating on fuel cells
• establishing a ‘fuel cell and hydrogen economy’ will require a
substantial change in the skill set of workers, engineers, and scientists

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 21% 10
Fuel cell electric vehicles # 8 100 5 417
--- 10 8 417250 750 4171500
Hydrogen refuelling stations # 20 20 --- 10 5 133 133 133
22%
Hydrogen Production 10 ton 7 895 9 208
--- 15 5 208447 447 208 447

30%
Workforce
Stationary fuel cells
Early markets - forklifts Numbers:
#
# 300 SET-Plan
50 2
4 --- Education
---

23 723
18
18
5
6 (2013)
17 425
83
25
83
25
17 425
83
25

45% 5 12 12 500 6 250 6 250

2012
12% 3 7
Est. annual Market 750 Number of 750 750
production value CAGR companies involved Employment
32% 10 10 4 848 Large 4 800 4 800
Application area Unit (M€) SMEs companies Workers Technicians Engineers
45%
Fuel cell electric
Fuel cell 10
electric vehicles
vehicles ## 7 000
100 100 3 0005 545%
---000 10
5 128 5 00012250
500 6 750
250 5 000
61500
250
Hydrogen refuelling stations # 20 20 --- 10 5 133 133 133
21%
Hydrogen Production 10
Hydrogen refuelling infrastructure
Hydrogen Production
#
ton
ton 8 447
145
150
895
135
1 1649 417
12%
---
32%
3
15
10
7
105 417750
4 447
848
750
4 447
800 417 750
4 447
800
Stationary fuel cells
Stationary fuel cells ## 50
50 000 6252 ---
45% 18
10 75 83
5 000 83
5 000 83
5 000
22%
Early markets
Early
Early
markets -- forklifts
markets - power
10
forklifts
generation
##
#
710 000
300
500
1004
1,2
208
---
21%
---
18
10
18
86
5
208417
25
25
25
417
25
208 25
417
25
Early markets - power generation # 20 000 28 22% 10 7 208 208 208
30%
TOTAL
TOTAL
41
5 052 2330%723 17 425 964
23 723 17 425 1717425
1464 2214
425

7% 2 2030 15 62 500 31 250 31 250

Est. annual Market Number of
3% 3 7
production value 2 250
CAGR companies 1
involved
Large
125 Employment 1 125

5%
Application area
Fuel cell electric vehicles
Fuel cell electric
Hydrogen vehicles
refuelling
5 Number
infrastructure
Unit
#
##
10
of
100 000
500 000
150
(M€)
3 000
12 500
135
11 45%350 5
7%
12% 23
12 11 237
2020-2030 SMEs companies
157 62750
500
6 250 11 6237
Workers Technicians Engineers
12 500
31750
250 31750
250
250

5%
CAGR
Hydrogen refuelling
Stationary fuel cells
Hydrogen Production
5
companies
Production infrastructure ton
#
#
ton
8
involved
145 300
50
447
000
425 635
1 420
164
625
3 405
11 32%
3%
45%
5%
250 10
3
10
5
10
7
107 5
Employment625
24250
5
848
000
11 350
14125
5
800
000
11 237
5 625
14125
5
800
000
11 237
Early markets - forklifts # 10 000 100 21% 10 8 417 417 417
# Large
Stationary fuel cells # 150 000 1 500 5% 5 8 11 250 5 625 5 625
5%
Early markets - power 5
Early markets - forklifts
generation
# 820 000
30 000
28
240 122%
5% 000 10
5 8
7 1 000 208
1 000
208
1 000 1 1000
208
000
TOTAL 5 052 30% 23 723 17 425 17 425
020-2030
2%
TOTAL
SMEs
Early markets - power generation
5 companies
#
8
30 000 42
18 107
Workers
2%
500
7%
5
Technicians
8
500
500
88 850
500
50 737
Engineers
500
500
50 737
2030
7%
7% 2 15 88
62 850 500 50 250
31 737 50 250
31 737
3% 3 7 2 250 1 125 1 125
Fuel cellHydrogen
Czech electric vehicles # 2018500 000
Dayz 2018, Praha 13-15 June 12 500 7% 2 15 62 500 31 250 31 250 3/16
The Challenge

• Preparation of 200,000 trained personnel by 2030

• Part will be trained already and will adapt or receive additional training,
other part needs training and educational programmes
• Assuming 75% ‘converts’
• Training needs: 2,000 technicians, 500 engineers, 500 scientists per year
• Equivalent to 50 technical college, and 40 university MEng/MSc courses
• Additionally hundreds of CPD courses
• ~4 cohorts of students left until 2030

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A bit of History …
SOFC Summer Schools
• began in 2004 with the Real-SOFC project on
initiative of Patras University
• 4 schools were conducted, followed by two in
the LargeSOFC project
Expanded into a wider approach in
• TrainHy – establishing a European syllabus in FCH

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TrainHy and the European Summer School JESS

• EU project 2010 to 2012

• developing a ‘syllabus’ for FCH training
• establishing the Joint European Summer School on Fuel Cell,
Electrolyser, and Battery Technologies
• taking place every year in mid-September close to Athens
• www.jess-summerschool.eu

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The Joint European Summer School in Fuel Cell,
Electrolyser, and Battery Technologies - JESS
Modules (3 ECTS/ 10 UK credits) www.jess-summerschool.eu
week 2 – 17/21 Sept 2018
week 1 – 10/14 Sept 2018

Modelling
Low Temp FCs Master Class

High Temp FCs Business

Development
Batteries
FC Vehicles
H2 Safety

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Training Technicians -

• programme of technician training in blended learning mode

• combination of e-learning content, use of simulation tools (‘serious
games’) and background reading
• followed by lab-work session and an exam
• modules : Micro Fuel Cells, Combined Heat and Power Generation,
Fuel Cell Based Generators, Fuel Cells for Transport Applications,
Hydrogen Production and Handling

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Gap analysis in university FCH training in Europe
• many universities cover single topics in FCH in courses such as Physics
and Chemistry (thermodynamics, electrochemistry), Materials
Sciences, Chemical & Mechanical engineering etc.
• within the EU only one (!) university offers an FCH MSc degree
• many universities are willing to participate but can only cover about
~30% of the necessary lecturing material and capacity
• a number of 50 to 200 university courses are needed to cover
the HR demands by 2030
→ how can the missing ~70% be supplied?
→ how can quality of teaching be assured in a high number of newly
developed courses?

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Next Step: Te acHy – an MSc Course in FCH
• consortium of 12 European universities
• MSc course coordinated across European HEI institutions
• 18 to 24 months course (1 year taught, ½ to 1 year thesis)
• common module development
(1 module = 1 week teaching + 1 week coursework + 1 week reading)
• delivery in various languages to better address
international undergraduate education
• building of a network of participating universities and CPD
institutions

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 TeacHy – Structure

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The TeacHy Syllabus
7 mandatory modules (12 months taught element):
• Thermodynamics, electrochemistry, chemistry (KIT)
• Characterisation methods (EPFL)
• Introduction to fuel cells (UBHAM)
• Fuel cell modelling tools (POLITO, Grenoble INP) and control (TUD)
• Hydrogen (production, storage, handling), fuels (P2G, P2X) (UBHAM),
• electrolysers (UPB, UCTP, Grenoble INP)
• Lab Work (virtual lab) (POLITO)
• Hydrogen and fuel cell safety (UU)

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The TeacHy Syllabus (2)
5 optional modules (within 12 months):
• Environmental analysis, life cycle analysis (UBHAM)
• Low temperature fuel cells (materials, stacks, thermodynamics,
• electrochemistry, chemistry) (Grenoble INP, UCTP, DTU)
• High temperature fuel cells (materials, stacks, thermodynamics,
• electrochemistry, chemistry) (TUD, KPI)
• Low temperature systems (DTU)
• High temperature systems (UBHAM)
• Advanced characterisation (EPFL)
• High temperature chemistry for SOFCs/SOEs (TUD, KPI)
• Fuel cell electric vehicles (UBHAM)
• Politics, markets, regulation, codes and standards (UBHAM, ULB)
• Energy system and storage (UPB)
• Advanced modelling (POLITO, Grenoble INP)
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The MSc Course ‘Offer’
• any participating university can ‘buy’ into the network
• currently on a ‘tit for tat’ basis – you take, you give
(e.g. by translating material)
• later as a sustainable business model
• from the modules available an individual MSc course can be built,
deciding what to deliver locally (face-to-face) and what online
• organise lab work locally (or in collaboration with other uni) and
exam
• locally/nationally accredit the course
• participate in student / staff exchanges

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A Portal for Accessing FCH Education

• ‘single shop stop’ for accessing FCH education

• leading on to the programmes in
- JESS / TrainHy
- KnowHy
- TeacHy
- etc.
• adding general public information in the form of
- information resources
- FCH reports and publications (report repository)
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

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Thank you for your attention!
... and any questions?

Acknowledgments go to the FCH JU for the funding received under contract number 779730.

r.steinbergerwilckens@bham.ac.uk
 Novel Education and Training Tools based on digital
Applications related to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Institute of Nuclear- and Energy Technologies (IKET)
Olaf Jedicke; Giovanni Cinti(1), Evelina Slavcheva(2)
[Czech Hydrogen Days 2018; Prague 13th – 15th June 2018]
(1) University of Perugia (Italy)

(2) Bulgarian Academy of Science (Bulgaria)

 Complementary to TeacHy

• Development of Course Curricula

• Harmonisation of Course Curricula
• Development of Course Content
• Development of Course Materials
• Compilation to complete Courses
•
LMS
Complemental Lectures (MOOCs)
•
•
Development of e-Platform
Development of e-Tools
• e-Laboratory
• (engineering tools and scientific tools)
• e-Education
• e-model lectures
• Database
• Business concept
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 General Aim (graphical overview)

To develop, realize, promote and provide a common e-platform

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 General Objectives

Development of an e-Laboratory Platform

subdivided into:
e-Engineering Toolbox
 Modelling and simulation of FCH related technical aspects
 Guidelines and brief handbooks of e-tools
e-Science Toolbox
 Modelling and simulation of FCH relevant phenomena
 Database of results received from done experiments
 Database related CFD programming (validation and verification of codes)
 Guidelines
Database
 Repository of done experiments and results
 Guidelines and handbooks

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e-Engineering (samples of tools)
Simulation of SOFC based on natural gas as fuel

Cell and stack models for both fuel cells and electrolysis

Forced ventilation system parameters

Adiabatic and isothermal model blowdown of storage tank dynamics

Calculation of upper limits of hydrogen inventory in closed space

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e-Engineering (explicit sample)

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e-Engineering (flame radiation)

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e-Science (samples of tools)

Thermo-physical properties of Hydrogen

Release and dispersion phenomena

Blast waves and fireball from high pressure tank rapture

Hydrogen/Helium dispersion in vented enclosures

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 General Objectives

Development of an e-Educational Platform

subdivided into:
e-Learning
 Conventional Learning Management System (LMS)
 Technical features to support users concerning communication, planning,
exchange of documents, etc.
 Quality assurance (probably review)
 Guidelines
e-Repository of FCH relevant information
 Database
 Documentations
 e-books ?
 Guidelines

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 E-Learning (explicit example)

Educational materials
 Course materials
 Survey of existing course materials

Specific Courses (Master Courses) in collaboration with TeacHy

 Course Curricula (University level)
 Content descriptions (based on modules)
 Specific educational course materials
 List of European Universities providing the master course (faculties, professors, lectures,
etc.)
 Access for students and teachers (lectures)

e-Learning for Industrial Use

 Typical industrial demands
 Industrial level (technicians and engineers)
 Facing industrial problems

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Direct Collaboration and Inputs

Expert Workshop (2018)

 Stakeholders from Industry
 Stakeholders from Academia
 Advisory Board Members
 Others
Two Educational Schools (2018 and 2019)
 To enrol and test NET-Tools e-platform on practical level (in operando)
 Feedback for further improvement and development
Flying Teachers
 To enrol and test the acceptance of new teaching strategy in combination
with NET-Tools
 H2FC (Research Infrastructure Project)
Newsletter

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 NET-Tools Conclusions

Development and compilation of specific e-tools

Development of e-Laboratory (scientific and engineering basis)
Development of e-Education (repository and LMS)
Development of e-Platform (cloud based) to provide e-Laboratory
and e-Education under free access

TO PROVIDE an EUROPEAN DIGITAL PLATFORM to the FCH Community

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NET-Tools Consortium

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