Presentation of one of our customers in the field of renewable energies: HAFFNER ENERGY – green hydrogen production by pyrogaseification
Today, 95% of hydrogen is produced from hydrocarbons (oil, natural gas and coal). This is the most practical solution in the normal energy distribution structure. However, this process emits CO2, greenhouse gases.
If hydrogen as such does not pollute, getting hydrogen is not simple because it is not available naturally.
(New IFP Energy Data: « Everything about hydrogen ».)
HAFFNER ENERGY, a start-up involved in the energy transition, decided to take up this challenge using biomass pyrolysis. The patented HYNOCA® process is based on biomass thermolysis.
This renewable and competitive hydrogen production solution re-uses agroforestry waste, locally sourcing, to severely limit the environmental impact.
The HYNOCA® process️ is based on several steps:
- High temperature thermolysis of biomass → thermolysis gas.
- High temperature gas cracking → getting a N2-poor syngas rich in H2 and CO (Hypergaz®).
- Refining → purification of hydrogen.
The starting phase of thermolysis uses fossil energies. But these are quickly replaced by reaction products. Thus the hypergas®, which has a high PCI, is used to maintain thermolysis. For by-products (biochar, CO, CO2, etc.), these are valuable and valued:
- in agriculture, locally as fertilizer (e.g. biochar),
- for heat production (e.g. CO and CO2-rich post-purification hypergas® residue)
- or in other industries.
The choice of HAFFNER ENERGY was based on hydrogen production as it is an energy vector that, when used, for example in a fuel cell, produces only water. The aim is that, from production to use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are zero or low. This hydrogen is made from biomass, which is a renewable resource, and each product or by-product is locally valuable, so it is called green hydrogen. This makes it possible to have an ecological solution at a lower cost.
The contribution of expertise Chemlys and Micro GC Fusion® for HARFNER ENERGY
Within the Engineering Department of HAFFNER ENERGY, the Micro GC Fusion® allows you to monitor the quality of the gas obtained from different types of biomass. The objective is to be able to analyse the variation in the composition of the Hypergaz® according to the inputs. The analysis of composition is therefore necessary at all stages, especially after cracking and purification.
Chemlys provided expertise in gas sampling and analysis during the implementation of Micro GC Fusion® at the various sampling points. Indeed, we accompany your projects on the definition of the analyser but also on gas sampling and transfer, key steps of success for analysis.
Moreover, Chemlys provides technical support following the start-up through various media (telephonic, application notes, tutorials, e-learning training, etc.) to help develop gas analysis applications in the fields of energy transition such as biomass pyrolysis, pyrogasification but also others.
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In the future...
HAFFNER ENERGY invests to identify, using Micro GC Fusion®, biomass groups (e.g. forest residues or agronomy) that can be treated in the same way and thus optimize the HYNOCA® process.
Hydrogen is a future energy that must now be released from polluting and non-renewable fossil fuels.
Today's challenge is to develop clean, renewable and competitive production solutions to replace fossil fuels as they grow.
HAFFNER ENERGY, with HYNOCA®, presents itself as one of the answers to the energy transition and promising future prospects especially for hydrogen mobility.
HAFFNER ENERGY will soon install its first HYNOCA® industrial facility for R-GDS in Strasbourg, a project to follow!
For any questions, do not hesitate to contact us:
CHEMLYS : contact@chemlys.com
HAFFNER ENERGY : contact@haffner-energy.com
