Developing cost effective & reliable Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle refuelling systems.
The Consortium
The H2Ref consortium is composed of six partners from our European countries (France, Germany, Norway, and United Kingdom)…
Six partners
H2REF Demonstration Event This is a video of the H2REF demonstration event that took place at Haskel Europe’s Hydrogen Test facility in SunderlandThe project…
H2REF – Advanced new compression and buffering solution for hydrogen refuelling stations
The hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) is the key element of any hydrogen fuel supply chain and is the interface between various possible hydrogen supply concepts and the end-users’ vehicles. The core function of the HRS is the cost effective, efficient and reliable compression, and buffering high pressure hydrogen in view of its dispensing.
The H2REF project addresses this compression and buffering function for the refuelling of 70 MPa passenger vehicles and encompasses all the necessary activities for advancing a new compression and buffering process. This is based on the use of hydro-pneumatic accumulators, which gives a more reliable, economical solution while still providing a highly improved performance.
“The H2REF project addresses this compression and buffering function for the refuelling of 70 MPa passenger vehicles and encompasses all the necessary activities for advancing a new compression and buffering process based on the use of hydro-pneumatic accumulators which gives a more economical solution whilst still providing a highly improved performance and reliability”
About the project
Objectives
The H2REF project encompasses all the necessary activities for advancing hydraulic accumulator based hydrogen compression, from TRL 3 (experimentally proven concept) to TRL 6 (technology demonstrated in relevant environment), thereby proving highly improved performance and reliability in accordance with the following targets: