The GUESS-WHy project aims to improve the sustainability and safety of the fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) systems by promoting the SSbD methodology. GUESS-WHy will develop and publish seven SSbD guidelines for seven different FCH systems, covering different technology readiness levels (TRL) along the hydrogen value chain (production, storage, and utilization). Selected systems are (5+2): PEM electrolyzer, SOFC system, Alkaline electrolyzer, metal hydrides storage, H2 gas turbine plus PEM-FC, and SOE electrolyzer based on the existing sustainable-by-design guidelines. The SSbD guidelines provide the impact assessment of the system as well as the recommendations and product concepts for safe and sustainable impact improvements along the whole life cycle. The project will start collecting inputs from previous projects, stakeholders, and literature. The guidelines will be developed following a standard process: product definition, initial impact assessment, idea generation, and scenario and benchmark analysis. Dissemination and exploitation will target both the regulatory field and the industrial stakeholders to promote the utilization of the guidelines. GUESS-WHy consortium is composed of universities and research centers, experts in safety and sustainability assessments, and private companies with expertise in the design and production of FCH systems. The project is supported by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members, and it is co-funded by the European Union and the Clean Hydrogen Partnership.
GUESS-WHy has four main objectives:
FCH technologies are safer and sustainable and the market opportunity increases by applying SSbD approach
and reducing the impact both at the safety and sustainable level (WP3÷8). Companies market will benefit by reducing
product life cycle cost, reducing downtime time due to safety improvements, and by entering the “green” market.
Implement a robust and replicable methodology for the development of SSbD guidelines (WP3-9) that will
benefit from the application of the SSbD principles to the FCH systems and demonstrate the quality of the process and
of the replicability of the process.
Engage stakeholders and citizens via the bottom-up approach (WP4÷8) that will be an active part of the
guidelines development process, thus reversing the typical top-down process of project dissemination.
Promote the relevance of SSbD via dissemination and training action in collaboration with extra EU
countries (WP11-12), necessary action to present the advantages of the innovative design approach when applied to
FCH systems and with the ambition of going beyond the EU borders looking to international markets.
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