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The fourth DEMCOPEM newsletter

The fourth DEMCOPEM-2MW Newsletter has been sent out. This newsletter is focusing on the end of the project DEMCOPEM 2MW and reports on the achieved results during the past 4 years. Please click the newsletter to view it in your browser.
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Final general Assembly Meeting for the DEMCOPEM project

On December 4th the project partners met in Amsterdam for the last face-to-face project meeting. The four years of fruitful and intense collaboration have been evaluated and analysed. The project reached important results and impact in the sector (especially promoting this European technology in China) which have been presented in the past months during the... Read more
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Project Presentation at the FCH JU Programme Review Days

The consortium has been invited to give a presentation during the FCH JU programme review days, which took place in Brussels 14th-15th November 2018. The presentation, prepared and submitted by the entire consortium, was given by Prof. Stefano Campanari (Politecnico di Milano) and Dr. Paddy Hayes (Johnson Matthey Fuel Cell) under the session titled “Trials... Read more
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The third DEMCOPEM newsletter

The third DEMCOPEM-2MW Newsletter has been sent out. This newsletter reports on the results of the ‘up and running’ PEM system and on the validation of the “DEMCOPEM numerical model of the plant”. Please click the newsletter to view it in your browser.
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PEM system up and running

After the Site Acceptance Test, performed mid-September 2016, the 2 MWe PEM fuel cell generator was put into operation. Since then, the operation is performed by the client. A number of small technical optimizations, based on practical experience, were performed by MTSA and Nedstack in this period as well. The first operational period can be... Read more
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Validation of model developed during the project

The numerical model of the plant has been developed during the first steps of the project aiming at optimization and prediction of plant performances. It has been built according to the previous experience of the partners in other plants (e.g. Lillo, 1 MWe) and design data. After few months of operation, the preliminary on-field measurements... Read more
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Royal audience for the DEMCOPEM project at Hannover Messe

April 2017 Prince Constantijn of Orange, brother of the Dutch King Willem-Alexander of Orange, visit MTSA’s booth at the Hannover Messe where information over the DEMCOPEM project was displayed. Prince Constantijn of Orange is deeply involved in supporting Dutch technology start-ups. Prince Constantijn was not the only Dutch V.I.P. interested in the DEMCOPEM project; also... Read more
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Launching ceremony, first workshop and follow up

After one year of exceptional technical work in Europe, shipment of several weeks across oceans and a couple of month’s intense work on location, the DEMCOPEM-2MW’s system has been officially inaugurated with a spectacular launching ceremony for the PEM power plant on 13th and 14th October 2016 in Yingkou. The DEMCOPEM power plant is installed... Read more
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