The MacGhyver Project is an initiative that allows obtaining hydrogen from wastewater and that involves, among others, the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
In order to develop a sustainable technology that produces green hydrogen from wastewater, the MacGhyver Project has involved different European universities and companies, including the University of Castilla-La Mancha.
This initiative has the Electrochemical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory of the TEQUIMA research group of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in charge of measuring the impact of green hydrogen as fuel in a laboratory-scale plant prototype, according to reports from Toledodiario.es.
MacGhyver Project, how to get hydrogen from wastewater in Castilla-La Mancha
With funding of 3.9 million euros, the MacGhyver Project is coordinated by the French company Eden Microfluidics and different universities such as the Clausthal University of Technology (TUC) and Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) in Germany, the Poznan University of Technology ( PUT) from Poland and the Delft University of Technology (TuDelft) from the Netherlands.
The project will last four years in which the development of a sustainable technology for the production of green hydrogen from industrial wastewater will be sought.
To do this, a ‘stack’ of electrolyzers will be developed, a tool that allows this element to be produced through a chemical process that separates hydrogen and oxygen molecules, and an electrochemical separation and compression system that can be operated with renewable energy.
Non-noble metal catalysts with high catalytic activity will also be developed. Finally, the environmental, economic and social impact of the developed technology will be evaluated in this project and will be carried out by the UCLM group.
Castilla-La Mancha has made a clear commitment to lead the production and storage of hydrogen with public initiatives such as the National Hydrogen Center in Puertollano (Ciudad Real), or private initiatives such as the imminent landing of the Cummins company in Guadalajara or the factory of Vitale in Alcázar de San Juan.
