Towards a standardised fuel cell module
As the StasHH project nears its conclusion, project coordinator Federico Zenith from SINTEF reflects on its journey and achievements. In this accessible interview, he shares an overview of the project's goals, the challenges encountered, and what the future holds for the advancements made.
More information on SINTEF's role in the project
SINTEF Research Institute
SINTEF is an independent, not-for-profit research foundation and part of the SINTEF Group. SINTEF is the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia, with about 2000 employees from 70 nationalities. Today, SINTEF is a broadly based and multidisciplinary research institute with international top-level expertise in technology, medicine and the social sciences. The organisation earns the majority of its income from contract research for industry and the public sector in Norway and internationally; contract research carried out by SINTEF ranges from basic through applied research to commercialisation of results. In total SINTEF has about 3800 customers. SINTEF will be represented in this project by the department of Mathematics and Cybernetics of the SINTEF Digital institute. SINTEF has extensive experience in coordinating EU projects, coordinating 49 projects in H2020 (of which 7 in FCH2 JU) and 57 in FP7 (of which 6 in FCH JU). SINTEF has extensive experience with defining protocols for industrial applications, having been responsible for the software architecture and integration of a modular sensor suite to be used for space robotics in EU projects I3DS and EROSS; furthermore, SINTEF has been responsible for defining and standardising all software interfaces and protocols with other parallel projects in the cluster. SINTEF has also a long experience using CAN bus within robotic applications, such as custom-made snake robots (Inachus project) where a CAN bus was used as the communication channel for controlling its 14 actuators.
Main tasks
As coordinator, SINTEF will be responsible of all aspects of project management and reporting (WP1). SINTEF will also lead the development of the standard’s digital interface in WP3.
Staff members involved
Federico Zenith (M) is a senior research scientist at SINTEF Mathematics and Cybernetics. He has previously coordinated three FCH JU projects, Sapphire, Giantleap and Haeolus. He has worked on fuel cells for over 15 years, since his PhD at NTNU Trondheim, Norway, including over two years at the Max Planck Institute of Magdeburg, Germany; he has a total of 13 publications on fuel cells in international journals.