On October 21, the self-acceptance review meeting for the Ministry of Education's Key Core Technology Integration and Research Platform for Hydrogen Energy Green Manufacturing and Utilization (hereinafter referred to as the Platform) was held in Shanghai. Academician Chen Xuedong of China National Machinery Industry Corporation, Academician Shi Bi of Sichuan University, Academician Qian Xuhong of East China Normal University, Academician Jiang Jianchun of Nanjing Forestry University, General Manager Yao Danhua of Shanghai Electric Shanghai Boiler Works Co., Ltd., General Manager Shi Jingwei of SINOPEC Shanghai Engineering Co., Ltd., General Manager Gong Liming of Dongfang Electric (Chengdu) Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd., General Manager Zhang Ling of Shenergy Group Shanghai Waigaoqiao No. 3 Power Generation Co., Ltd., Director Li Xingchun of CNPC Research Institute of Safety & Environment Technology, Chief Expert Tang Hongnian of SINOPEC Guangzhou Engineering Co., Ltd., Director Zhao Yixin of the New Energy Division of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission and other guests were invited to attend the meeting. Xuan Fuzhen, President of East China University of Science and Technology, Academician Tu Shandong, Director of the Platform, and Academician Wang Hualin, Executive Deputy Director of the Platform, attended the review meeting. The meeting was chaired by Yang Qiang, Dean of the Institute of Science and Technology Development.
Figure Description: Speech by President Xuan Fuzhen
On behalf of the university, Xuan Fuzhen expressed his gratitude to all the experts attending the review meeting. He pointed out that the Ministry of Education's Key Core Technology Integration and Research Platform for Hydrogen Energy Green Manufacturing and Utilization was approved for construction in 2023, and is an important support for the university to coordinate and promote the integrated reform of the systems and mechanisms for education, science and technology, and talents. Relying on the construction of the platform, the university has achieved a series of innovative results in the fields of hydrogen production, storage, utilization, etc., and built a sound professional talent training system for the low-carbon industry, promoting scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading in the energy and chemical industry. The university will take this platform acceptance as an opportunity to further accelerate the research and development, promotion and application of advanced technologies, strengthen the independent training capacity of high-level talents supported by large platforms, large teams, and large projects, and make new and greater contributions to China's green and low-carbon development and the construction of a modern energy system.
Figure Description: Speech by Director Zhao Yixin
On behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Zhao Yixin delivered a speech, extending warm congratulations on the fruitful achievements of the Platform in green hydrogen production, hydrogen storage and hydrogen safety, hydrogen energy utilization, etc. He stated that the Platform has carried out a series of fruitful explorations around full-chain design and integrated deployment, etc., achieved high-level collaboration with leading enterprises in the hydrogen energy industry such as SINOPEC, China National Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., and Shenergy Group, transformed ECUST's basic research and key technological innovation in the field of hydrogen energy into industrial advantages, and contributed ECUST strength and Shanghai level to the national carbon peaking and carbon neutrality strategy. He suggested that the university further explore and establish an organization and management mode, personnel employment mechanism, evaluation and incentive mechanism, etc. that meet the needs of integrated research, strengthen goal-oriented scientific research synergy, give full play to the supporting and guarantee role of the Platform in science and technology, education, talents and other aspects, and continuously promote the development of scientific and technological innovation in key fields.
Figure Description: Academician Tu Shandong and Academician Wang Hualin Introduce the Construction of the Platform
Tu Shandong and Wang Hualin Introduce the Overall Construction of the Platform in Detail from Four Aspects: Construction Progress, Highlight Work, Implementation Guarantee and Talent Training. The Platform closely focuses on the major strategic needs of China's hydrogen energy development, and through the creation of the 135 project, namely building 1 national-level platform, focusing on 3 major development directions, and building 5 major engineering demonstrations, has built a full innovation chain from original innovation to achievement transformation, carried out integrated research on key core technologies for hydrogen production, storage and utilization. By exploring the organized scientific research model of universities that deeply integrates the new whole-university system and the market mechanism, it has achieved major breakthroughs in key core technologies such as large-scale green hydrogen production, low-carbon hydrogen utilization, hydrogen storage and hydrogen safety, made important progress in scientific research teams, platform bases, systems and mechanisms, technological research and engineering demonstrations, and completed all construction task indicators.
Figure Description: On-site Connection to the Sites of the Five Major Demonstration Projects
The review meeting also viewed the sites of 5 major engineering demonstration projects via video link, including the world's largest refinery waste gasification project producing 200,000 tons of hydrogen per year, China's first 10,000-ton-per-year waste gasification hydrogen production project, China's first 3D structured alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen production unit with a hydrogen output of 2000 Nm3/h, China's first power plant CO2 capture coupled with green hydrogen to produce 10,000 tons of methanol per year project, and the world's first agricultural and forestry waste gasification project producing 50,000 tons of green methanol per year.
Figure Description: Expert Inquiry and Discussion
After inquiry and discussion, the participating experts held the view that the Key Core Technology Integration and Research Platform for Hydrogen Energy Green Manufacturing and Utilization has clear integration and research objectives, reasonable personnel organization, strong policy guarantee, and well-implemented physical space and fund support, has fully completed all task indicators, and unanimously agreed that the platform passes the acceptance.
