We were involved in the executive engineering activity for a green hydrogen production project for the circular economy of FILMS SpA.
Part of the OMCD Group, FILMS SpA is a company based in Anzola d’Ossola (VB) specialising in the production of hard metal parts.
In particular, FILMS is able to satisfy requests from different industrial sectors, ranging from the realisation of single prototypes to mass production. Thanks to its co-design and co-engineering service, this company is particularly popular for the production of special parts made of hard metal according to drawing.
Improving FILMS’ carbon footprint with hydrogen
FILMS, committed to the circular economy since the mid-1990s, continues to develop new projects to improve the sustainability of its activities. The latest initiative focuses on improving the carbon footprint within the circular economy process that FILMS intends to implement in a disused industrial area it owns.
In particular, the aim is to supply the production departments for the treatment and production of regenerated hard metal powders of the entire OMCD Group with green hydrogen.
In addition, the project envisages using the heat dissipated by the electrolyser to pre-heat fluids entering other machinery, hot water and for space heating.
This project will be realised thanks to funding received by FILMS under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRP), Mission 2 ‘Green Revolution and Ecological Transition’, Component 2 ‘Innovative Energy, Hydrogen, Grid and Sustainable Mobility’, Investment 3.1 ‘Production in brownfield sites’, funded by the European Union under the Next Generation EU plan.
The electrolysis plant developed by Simplifhy for the FILMS project
For this project we at Simplifhy will carry out the executive engineering of the entire hydrogen system. From the mains water inlet to the delivery point specified by the customer.
The plant will consist of the water treatment, electrolyser, low pressure storage and high pressure back up. The fire protection system, gas and flame detection systems, control system and an ATEX analysis of the entire plant will also be designed.
The electrolysis system will be 1 MW in size, which will be powered by a dedicated photovoltaic plant with a capacity of approximately 1.6 MW. The hydrogen produced will be used to power the process furnaces for the treatment and production of regenerated powders.
The electrolyser will be supplied inside a 40-foot container and will produce hydrogen from demineralised water using AEM technology.
Specifically, an electrolyser supplied by our partner Enapter, a German company that produces highly efficient hydrogen generators with patented AEM (Anion Exchange Membrane) technology, was selected.
La soluzione Enapter scelta per l’impianto di FILMS è AEM Nexus 1000, il primo elettrolizzatore AEM di classe megawatt al mondo. Questo prodotto assicura un alto grado di ridondanza, efficienza dei costi e tempi di reazione rapidi alle energie rinnovabili variabili.
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