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Topic: PR: The new generation of hydrogen storage tanks Posted: 05-June-2008 at 10:49 |
The new generation of hydrogen storage tanks: lighter and more compact. Innovative design of liquid hydrogen tanks enables better integration into vehicles 03/06/2008
Munich. BMW Group Forschung und Technik, the company's research and technology arm, has been working with other car manufacturers to achieve an important step forward in hydrogen storage. Teaming up with partners, including some from the European aerospace industry, the engineers have developed a novel type of tank made of composite material for storing liquid hydrogen.
Thanks to its innovative concept, the weight of the entire tank system can be reduced to a third compared with conventional cylindrical steel tanks. Its adaptable form lends it a high degree of flexibility, allowing for significant energy savings. The subsidiary systems, moreover, are integrated inside the tank's casing, which means the tank takes up less room in the car and maintenance is also made much easier. The inner tank is designed on a modular basis, simplifying the production process in comparison with existing hydrogen tanks.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raymond Freymann, Director of BMW Group Forschung und Technik: "The demonstration model of the new free-form tank being presented marks an important step forward into the hydrogen future. Filled with ten kilograms of hydrogen, it could allow a range well in excess of 500 kilometres in a future vehicle."
BMW Group Forschung und Technik is presenting the prototype of this innovative liquid hydrogen storage tank at the final event of the "StorHy" EU project in Poissy near Paris on 3 and 4 June 2008. In the past four and a half years BMW Group Forschung und Technik, along with 34 partners from the European aerospace industry, the automotive and supply industry, and leading universities and research institutes, has been investigating ways of advancing current hydrogen storage technologies (high-pressure, liquid and solid storage). The cost of the project was 18.7 million euros, with EU funding to the sum of 10.7 million euros.
BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of BMW AG and has been responsible for research within the BMW Group since 2003. Its subject areas cover VehicleTechnology, CleanEnergy (hydrogen technology), EfficientDynamics (intelligent energy management/alternative drive systems), ConnectedDrive (driver assistance/active safety) and ITDrive (IT and communications technology). Its legal independence as a limited company guarantees creative freedom and maximum flexibility. Global access to new trends and technologies is ensured by an internationally established network with branches in the USA (Palo Alto, CA and Clemson, SC), Japan (Tokyo) as well as liaison offices in France with Eurécom (Sophia Antipolis) and in Germany (Saarbrücken) with the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH).
The StorHy consortium: ADETE - Advanced Engineering & Technologies GmbH AIR LIQUIDE Deutschland GmbH Air Liquide S. A. Austrian Aerospace GmbH BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE COMAT COMPOSITE MATERIALS GmbH Commissariat ŕ l'énergie atomique Daimler AG Dynetek Europe GmbH ET- Energie Technologie Gesellschaft für innovative Energie und Wasserstofftechnologie mbH European Commission - Directorate General Joint Research Centre Faber Industrie Spa FORD FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM AACHEN GMBH Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH Fundación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo en Automoción CIDAUT GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH Institute for Energy Technology Institute for Protection Systems - Prochain e.V. at the University of Applied Sciences Ingolstadt INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL INTA Linde Aktiengesellschaft MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechik AG & Co KG MATERIAL S.A. MT Aerospace AG, Augsburg National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos Oeko-Institut e.V. Oerlikon Space AG Peugeot Citroën Automobiles The University of Nottingham Volvo Technology Corporation WEH GmbH Wroclaw University of Technology |
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Posted: 05-June-2008 at 11:05 |
Linde-BMW team builds hydrogen fueling station for Total in Belgium 4th June 2008 By Staff Writer German industrial gases company Linde has announced the opening of the first hydrogen filling station in Belgium on the Paris-bound E19 motorway's carriageway. The station has been developed by Linde in co-operation with German automobile manufacturer BMW for fuel retailer Total.
Linde has developed technology for the hydrogen fueling station to allow the storage of low-temperature liquid hydrogen in proximity to the facility.
The industrial gases company noted that liquid hydrogen has a significantly higher energy density. This reportedly ensures that more energy can be saved when the hydrogen is transported from the production site to the filling station than is required for the liquefaction of the gas.
The amount of space required to store liquid hydrogen at the filling station is reportedly much less than for gaseous hydrogen.
Miguel del Marmol, managing director of Total Belgium, said: "Within the framework of its commitment towards a sustainable development, the Total group has been investing for several years into R&D on hydrogen as a fuel. With this new station, Total shows that the distribution of hydrogen can be perfectly integrated in a motorway service station." | http://www.energy-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid= 0CC734B2-1F2E-43AD-930E-D8A4ADB985EF
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