Within a week, we welcomed interested people from two VDI associations. ZBT communications manager Theresa Schredelseker explained hydrogen, hydrogen technologies and the path to a hydrogen economy. Both groups were given a tour of our premises, with different thematic focuses as requested.
The Bochum group was mainly interested in fuel cells and hydrogen mobility. ZBT Managing Director Peter Beckhaus used an original fuel cell stack from a hydrogen car to clearly demonstrate how a fuel cell system works and provided insights into our research and development work between the fuel cell test benches.
The VDI Ruhr District Association was primarily, but not exclusively, interested in ammonia as a hydrogen storage medium and fuel and the corresponding technologies. Project manager Fausto Tidona therefore focused on our ammonia test benches during the laboratory tour. Alexander Kvasnicka, group leader for plants and storage, then showed the visitors our test facilities for hydrogen storage and refuelling at the hydrogen test field and explained our activities at the test field and the test filling station.
Thank you to Dr Rolf F. Ahlers and Ulrich von der Crone for visiting us!
