Van Halteren Technologies secures constant refueling pressure for hydrogen trains
Efficient and reliable hydrogen infrastructure has become a focus point on the path towards fossil-free mobility. In 2021, VHT completed its second large hydrogen project in collaboration with Linde, pioneering high capacity refueling for hydrogen-powered trains. The project
was an important step forward for VHT as a provider of green innovations.
Serious challenges
Using hydraulics to keep the hydrogen under constant pressure, the accumulators from VHT enable customers to refuel faster, with a controlled flow of hydrogen. And no gas from the tank is lost. It’s a seemingly simple solution, but it comes with serious challenges that must be solved. The construction of the accumulators must be seamless. A requirement that becomes more difficult as the accumulator increases in size.
Purity is crucial
The next challenge is to safeguard the purity of the hydrogen. It’s crucial to eliminate any risk of contamination. A lubricated seal system was selected in cooperation with Linde, with the tribological system further optimized by VHT to ensure efficient sealing and an extended lifetime. These are small but crucial steps that will take us to a hydrogen-powered future.
Download our brochure ‘Redefining Compressed Hydrogen’.
Fast and efficient hydrogen refueling plays a key part in the fossil-free future of transportation. To get there, we need safe and sustainable ways of storing and compressing hydrogen for refueling. However, pressurized fuel storage tends to be complicated and costly, creating delays between refuels. So, we applied our hydraulics expertise to create a new standard for hydrogen compression.
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Please contact our Sales Manager Peter de Kiewit for more
information about our hydrogen compression system.
