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Our team of expert hydrogen engineers has developed a dedicated hydrogen station for testing improvements in performance and energy optimisation.
We invite our partners to use this zone to test their hydrogen technology, because we believe that it's only by sharing expertise among players in the sector that we will be able to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen, together.
Lab CRIGEN was able to use our infrastructure to conduct dispensing tests aimed at increasing the reliability of a simulation model for dispensing hydrogen to light and heavy-duty vehicles.
Thank you for this collaborative R&I work. It's only by sharing our expertise as players in the sector that we will be able to accelerate the development of hydrogen!
Valérie Ruiz Domingo, Vice-President for hydrogen, ENGIE Group
HYDROGEN REFUELING SOLUTIONS and NORGREN jointly developed an innovative 1000 bar hydrogen filter solution to meet the requirements of hydrogen refueling stations.
HRS's expertise enabled our engineers to develop and test different sealing solutions thanks to a full-scale testing programme. We produced a sustainable low temperature sealing solution for our HP filters. This experience was also beneficial for other products in our range, including hydrogen valves, expansion valves and safety valves.
Jacques Nguon, Product Manager – NORGREN IMI Paris
Using product qualification plans, our teams determine the tests to be conducted on each product to ensure their operation and guarantee an optimal quality level.
The development projects in the test zone and the opportunities for development and innovation offered by a zone of this kind convinced me to join the team. I am responsible for checking the various functions and the conformity of our products, both finished and under development, and for ensuring the technical reliability and safety of our equipment, process and products.
Carine, Test Qualification Engineer
Involved in large-scale projects throughout Europe, our design office draws on its unique expertise in H2 stations to take innovation in hydrogen mobility to a new level.
The RHEADHY1 and H2REF-DEMO2 projects received funding from the Clean Hydrogen Partnership under grant agreement no. 101101443 (1) and no. 101101517 (2), with backing from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.
HRS is one of eight partners involved in the European project RHeaDHy dedicated to developing very high flow refueling to optimise refueling of heavy-duty vehicles and achieve a fivefold reduction in the refueling time, equivalent to 10 minutes for a 100 kg tank of H2 at 700 bar.
Tests on refueling at very high flow rates will be conducted at the HRS R&D centre as part of the European project.
The stakeholders in the H2REF-DEMO project are focused on increasing the compression capacity of stations to achieve 150 kg H2/hour, as well as optimising costs and processes, and reducing energy consumption.
Following a development phase, the test zone will be used for large-scale testing of the high-capacity compression module to green-light its commercial launch to hydrogen heavy-duty vehicle operators.