Using hydrogen know-how in rail transport is changing into more and more essential as an answer for decreasing CO2 emissions and serving to to fulfill local weather targets. In recent times, Siemens Mobility has developed a hydrogen-powered prepare, the Mireo Plus H. On this know-how, hydrogen is tanked in fuel type and have to be saved underneath excessive stress with the intention to obtain the required excessive density.
The Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Vitality (HI ERN) is a pacesetter within the discipline of so-called LOHC know-how. On this course of, an natural provider liquid absorbs hydrogen and releases it solely when wanted. The hydrogen is thus chemically certain and may’t escape in a fuel type. This fashion, it may be ready and saved safely and transported inexpensively. Storage underneath excessive stress or at low temperatures is now not essential. A particular benefit of the know-how: LOHC can be appropriate for the on-board era {of electrical} energy in cellular purposes like trains.
“Siemens Mobility’s curiosity within the LOHC know-how that we’ve decisively developed over the previous few years on the Friedrich-Alexander- College Erlangen-Nuremberg and on the HI ERN is a superb foundation for a attainable cooperation sooner or later. We share with Siemens Mobility the imaginative and prescient of creating a hydrogen know-how that makes use of the prevailing gasoline infrastructure to energy massive autos like trains,” stated Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, Director on the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Vitality.
By means of the prospect of offering the Helmholtz Institute with a Vectron mainline locomotive from Siemens Mobility, the 2 companions have the chance to work collectively to display the feasibility of the LOHC idea.
