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HighRisk Testing

We test and qualify hydrogen technologies

HighRisk Testing

We test and qualify hydrogen technologies

Test center for H2/hydrogen technologies

Hydrogen plays a central role in the energy transition. Produced in a climate-neutral way, it has the potential to permanently reduce CO2 emissions in industry and transportation. H2 will also make a contribution as a storage system for green electricity in the future. A key advantage: hydrogen can be used across all sectors, for example in the electricity and heat supply, in the chemical industry or in the transport sector - the ideal material for sector coupling.

    Our services

    Based on our overall system expertise for H2 technologies, we advise and support you along the entire "H2 chain".

    • Definition of requirements through overall system simulation with regard to
      • Power and energy requirements
      • Storage and energy conversion options
      • Storage capacity, H2 consumption and range
    • Procurement advice and support
    • Operational monitoring and optimization of the operating strategy of fuel cell systems
    • Calculation of total cost of ownership and life cycle assessment
    • Technology consulting along the entire H2 chain
    • Planning, construction & operation of hydrogen test infrastructures

    Overall system expertise for H2 technologies

    • H2 propulsion/conversion: testing of fuel cell systems

      • Shock and vibration testing
      • Mechanical unit tests
      • Leakage test
      • Testing of regular operation
      • Operating, differential and overpressure tests
      • Cold and hot start tests
      • Icing (stack, cathode exhaust air, ...)
      • Air contamination tests
      • Lifetime tests and degradation tests

    • H2 storage

      • Burst tests also for large-volume gas accumulators with an internal volume of up to 1,000 liters and a burst pressure of up to 2,200 bar
      • Construction of bursting chambers
      • Static pressure and dynamic cycling tests also for large-volume gas accumulators up to 1,500 bar (upper pressure peak value)
        IABG has access to new, highly efficient water-hydraulic pressure generators and new burst-proof test chambers for these tests. This makes it possible to test very large hydrogen storage tanks with very high static and dynamic pressures. For unconventional tank shapes and tanks that exceed the size of the test chambers, we use our High-Risk Test Center in Lichtenau.
      • Impact tests
      • Fire and drop tests
      • Mechanical tests of the tank connection and media routing

    • H2 distribution

      • Checking the function of tank couplings
      • Carrying out refueling tests

    • We test according to these standards, among others

      • EC 79
      • EN 12245
      • IEC / DIN EN 61373 & ISO11119-2
      • UN ECE R134
      • UN ECE GTR 13
      • EU 406
      • EU 535
      • SAE J2601
    CryoTRUCK project

    Qualification of hydrogen tanks for commercial vehicles

    Hydrogen is currently mainly stored in gaseous form and, for weight reasons, mostly in CFRP-coated pressure vessels. In order to achieve the highest possible storage densities, which are necessary for the long ranges of H2-powered vehicles, the hydrogen is stored under very high pressures. Pressure vessels must therefore be designed in such a way that they can safely withstand the various loads during operation. In order to guarantee this safety, pressure vessels must undergo extensive tests before they are used for the first time, but also later during operation (e.g. internal pressure loads at very high and low temperatures, fire or drop tests, etc.).

    In the CryoTRUCK joint project funded by the BMDV, we are developing new test procedures to safeguard cryogas storage tanks and cryogas refueling technology. We are applying the developed test methods in practice for the first time: a) for component and system testing with cryogenic compressed gas and b) for the qualification of hydraulic test methods for storage systems.

    Your partner for the qualification of H2 technologies
    Torsten Semper

    Team H2 Test Center

    wasserstoff@iabg.de
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