Hydrogen
A key focus of our business activities and projects over the last 5 years has been gaseous hydrogen applications for its use in chemical applications, green hydrogen generation, both as an energy carrier and the application of hydrogen in mobility solutions.
»We provide both technical consulting services as well as complete testing equipment.«
PROREC’s expertise is based on a mixture of process engineering skills and practical experience gained in projects with end clients including:
- Leading Chemical & Petrochemical Companies and Research Institutes
- Automotive industry OEMs
- Tier 1 suppliers
Our project experience includes not only engineering design, construction, and commissioning of test rigs for process & catalyst development, pilot plants and fueling equipment, but also hands-on experience in operating such systems. PROREC provides both technical consulting services as well as complete testing equipment.
For further information about our hydrogen services visit us on HyFindr.
We help our customers to achieve:
- Reduced time to market for new hydrogen processes and catalysts
- Increased system reliability and overall equipment efficiency
- Compliance of fueling processes with relevant norms and regulations
PROREC has more than 15 years of experience in design & supply of test rigs up to small pilot plant scale for material and process development using hydrogen for:
- Power to Gas applications
- Ammonia Synthesis and Decomposition
- Methanol Synthesis
- E-Fuels Synthesis
Our portfolio includes fully automated test benches and pilot plants for:
- Catalyst material development for anode and cathode materials for electrolysers and fuel cells, currently up to 1kW per stack system available.
- Catalyst Coated Membrane Testing
- Low carbon hydrogen from renewable and blue hydrogen applications
Engineering design and supply of containerised PEM electrolyser systems using market leading stacks for decentralised green hydrogen generation up to approx. 100 kg/day.
More details coming soon! Contact info@prorec-berlin.com to discuss your specific requirements. Customised systems focusing on individual aspects of electrolyser and fuel cell performance are possible, including:
- Influence of poisoning agents for fuel cells
- Influence of water quality on electrolyser lifetime & performance
Together with our partner JA Gastechnology PROREC can provide the following systems & Engineering Design for hydrogen mobility applications:
- Test systems for the development of new fueling protocols, e.g., 80-110 kg/700 bar fueling of heavy-duty vehicles.
- Full user control and measurement of fueling parameters for development of new and non-standard protocols
- Hydrogen recycling and conditioning
- End of Line test systems for production scale leak testing of Type IV cylinders, up to 10000 pcs/year
- Simple, low CAPEX systems for fueling and defueling storage vessels to nominal working pressures, and simulating realistic driving or emptying cycles
- Mobile fueling systems
- Test rigs for testing of hardware components including:
- Valves (shut-off valves, safety valves, check valves, etc.)
- Pressure regulators
- Mass flow meters/controllers
Together with our manufacturing partners JA Gastechnology & Halmosi GmbH we provide hydrogen safe environmental test chambers for components, gaseous hydrogen storage vessels (type IV), and complete hydrogen storage systems.
- Suitable for permeation measurement, leak testing and hydrogen pressure cycling testing for development and certification applications (EC79/2009, EU406/2010, UN R110-04, UN R134, GTR13, ISO 11119-3)
- -50°C to 120°C
- Volumes 0.3 to 40m3
- Vacuum to 3 bar(a) – higher pressures on request
A key strength lies in our Engineering based approach and Chemical Engineering expertise. We provide the following as standalone Engineering services:
- Basic and detailed engineering studies for pilot plants and test rigs for hydrogen applications
- Hydrogen safety studies (HAZID, HAZOP, risk assessments, functional safety assessments, LoPA) including explosion protection & ATEX requirements
- Relief Stream Design, including complex networks, sizing of relief devices and hydrogen vent design
- Quantitative model-based engineering calculations
- Process concept development & engineering design of hydrogen fueling systems, including optimization of existing designs
- Troubleshooting of existing test benches & fueling stations
- Hardware & supplier selection for crucial fueling components, e.g.,
- Cold-fill units
- Pressure regulators for fueling delivery
- Mass flow meters
- Compressors
- PLC automation concepts, including advanced sequence control systems for standard and developmental fueling processes and complex testing systems