Purem by Eberspaecher in Partnership with AMBARtec – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
ESSLINGEN and DRESDEN, Germany – As industry and mobility decarbonize, the demand for hydrogen is growing. In order to counteract the two main challenges involved in the widespread provision of the energy source, Purem by Eberspaecher is entering into a strategic partnership with AMBARtec AG. Their common goal is the efficient transport and safe storage of hydrogen, according to a press release.
Market analyses show that hydrogen demand will increase in the coming decades in mobility, industry, and the energy sector. The start-up AMBARtec concerns itself with the challenge of widespread availability. The Saxony-based company is bringing a process for transporting and storing hydrogen onto the market, known as HyCS® technology (Hydrogen Compact Storage Technology).
A strategic partnership signed between AMBARtec AG and Purem by Eberspaecher is intended to drive forward the scaling of the process developed by the start-up. The exhaust technology and acoustics specialist will take over the production of the storage containers in which the hydrogen is stored.
“In our collaboration with AMBARtec, we see great potential for an emerging technology: thanks to our expertise in the area of materials science in relation to hydrogen and our competence in the area of industrialization, we provide considerable added value for the development of new storage and transport options for the energy source,” explains Benjamin Brenkel, Executive Vice President Business Unit Europe.Uwe Pahl, Technical Director at AMBARtec, stresses that: “To implement our HyCS® technology, we need a partner with extensive practical expertise, particularly in automated welding and generally in industrial series production. We have found such a partner in Purem by Eberspaecher.”
Efficient and safe
To store and transport the hydrogen, AMBARtec uses standard, commercially available 20-foot containers. In them, nuggets of iron oxide in vessels serve as a storage medium. During the loading phase, the nuggets are chemically reduced to iron through the addition of hydrogen. The resulting water vapor can be discharged from the vessels and channeled back in a self-contained, sustainable water cycle. During the discharge phase, water vapor is fed into the pressure vessels. An oxidation process of the iron nuggets takes place, thus releasing hydrogen, which can be used for the purposes of energy supply or mobility. The functional principle used is both simple and efficient: initial demonstration systems confirm the high efficiency of the HyCS® technology of over 80 percent electricity to hydrogen. At the same time, the process is significantly safer, less complex and more cost-effective than transporting and storing hydrogen in liquid or gaseous form.
Expertise in flow routing and materials science
As the automotive industry transforms, Purem by Eberspaecher concerns itself with emerging technologies, including outside the familiar automotive environment. The utilization and production of hydrogen is one of the most promising business areas. Alongside initial approaches to the development and production of high-temperature electrolyzers, the partnership with AMBARtec AG is a further step towards diversification. For the production of the storage vessels and the subsequent integration into the containers, Purem by Eberspaecher contributes its expertise in materials science as well as industrial series production and the process knowledge required for this.
