BEST4Hy

The focus of the BEST4Hy project is the development and validation of new and existing recycling techniques for the two primary FCH products, PEMFC and SOFC. Started in 2021, the project is now approaching its final year pursuing the development of the following technologies: two current recycling procedures, one for PEMFC and one for SOFC, under development up to TRL5; two new recycling approaches under development and validation at TRL 5 for PEMFC precious materials. Additionally, one unique SOFC recycling technique is under investigation at TRL3 and one novel PEM dismantling method has achieved the TRL5.

The project's standardisation goals include creating a standardisation inventory in order to create a standardisation roadmap and to identify relevant standards that are applied to other types of technologies that contain materials that are similar to the precious/rare/hazardous materials found in FCH technologies. Standards will be investigated in relation to how to sustainably design technologies (ECO DESIGN), determine their lifetime, disassemble them, and handle EoL devices when they have served their purpose. As project outcome, the standardisation roadmap will aim to set the standardisation steps to define how to recycle/treat end-of-life FCH technologies.

Reason for applying to HSbooster.eu services

To understand the requirements for standardisation of the BEST4HY suggested recycling solutions, a review of current standards and ongoing standardisation operations has been conducted. Standards of recycling processes and technologies have also been reviewed.

A standardisation roadmap for how to recycle or handle FCH technologies at the end of their useful lives is currently required. It should include technical requirements as well as suggestions for future standardisation topics, with a focus on how to adapt FCH technologies to the ECODESIGN directive.

In order to draft these standardisation guidelines and make them useful both in the design phase (FCH technologies as compliant as possible to existing regulatory/Standard framework) and future replication/exploitation analysis, we would like to receive guidance on how to identify needs for new standards.