UFRN inaugurates BioSiSH2 reactor and advances national research in renewable hydrogen.
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The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) announces the inauguration, on November 24th, of the BioSiSH2 reactor, one of the most recent and promising scientific infrastructures in the country dedicated to research in renewable hydrogen. The ceremony will be held at the Djalma Ribeiro da Silva Research Center with representatives from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), highlighting the strategic relevance of the project for advancing the Brazilian energy transition agenda. Integrated into the Brazilian Hydrogen Laboratory System (SisH2-MCTI), the new equipment strengthens UFRN's technological development capacity and consolidates the role of the Northeast as a hub for innovation in clean energy.
National Technology and Energy Transition
Divided into two modules—one for methane reforming, which converts biogas into synthesis gas, and another of the Fischer-Tropsch type, which transforms this gas into fuels and chemicals such as methanol—BioSiSH2 allows the Environmental Technology Laboratory (LabTam) to advance to intermediate levels of technological maturity, bringing research closer to industrial applications. With more than 230 components assembled entirely in Rio Grande do Norte and funding from the CNPq/MCTI/FNDCT grant no. 24/2022, the project is now entering the large-scale validation phase, essential for measuring performance and applicability.
This initiative reinforces Brazil's potential to transform biogas—an abundant but underutilized resource—into a strategic energy vector, contributing to the SisH2-MCTI program and to public policies for energy transition. For UFRN (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte), the inauguration of the reactor marks the beginning of a phase of deeper integration between science, territory, and industrial opportunities, projecting a direct impact on the formation of new sustainable production arrangements.
