{"id":6872,"date":"2023-01-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/projects\/projektstart-entwicklung-eines-innovativen-verdichtersystems-fuer-wasserstoff\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:45:23","slug":"innokomp","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/projects\/innokomp\/","title":{"rendered":"InnoKomp - Development of an innovative hydrogen compressor system"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Project start: Development of an innovative hydrogen compressor system<\/h1>\n
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Compressing hydrogen efficiently and cost-effectively \u2013 an important building block for the use of H2 in industry and mobility. Under the project title “InnoKomp”, ZBT and plant manufacturer Theisen are developing and qualifying a new electrochemical compressor system to increase efficiency in the storage, transport and delivery of hydrogen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The efficient and cost-effective\u00a0compression of hydrogen<\/b>\u00a0is essential for its successful establishment as an energy carrier in industry or as a fuel for mobility. With innovative\u00a0electrochemical compression<\/b>, costs could be massively reduced and a high degree of efficiency and availability could be achieved. This is exactly what ZBT and plant manufacturer Theisen are investigating in the\u00a0joint project “InnoKomp”<\/b>. They are building a robust\u00a0electrochemical compressor system<\/b>\u00a0based on HyET Hydrogen electrochemical compressor technology and testing it on ZBT\u2019s hydrogen test field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Green hydrogen<\/b>\u00a0is one of the keys to a successful\u00a0energy transition<\/b>. Produced by electrolysis, it serves as an energy store for renewable energies, as an energy carrier for industry and as a fuel for mobility. Important in the distribution and delivery of hydrogen for industry and especially mobility is an efficient, reliable and cost-effective compression of the gas. Electrolysis hydrogen and hydrogen from converted natural gas transport pipelines are brought to pressures of 200-500 bar for transport and use at filling stations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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An\u00a0electrochemical hydrogen compressor<\/b>\u00a0(EHC) consists of an electrochemical cell with an anode of a PEM fuel cell, a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and a cathode of a PEM electrolyser. Compression is by means of isothermal compression (as opposed to adiabatic mechanical compressors), promising greater efficiency. With\u00a0no moving parts<\/b>, lower maintenance costs and higher availability as well as significantly lower noise emissions are also expected. The cell architecture of the stacks (comparable to a fuel cell) allows \u2013 unlike conventional compressors \u2013 easy modular scaling of the compressor capacity.<\/p>\n

Within the scope of this project, Theisen, with the support of ZBT, will develop, build and commission a\u00a0container-based compressor system<\/b>\u00a0with a delivery capacity of 10 kg\/d hydrogen and realizable output pressures of up to 400 bar based on HyET’s hydrogen compressor stack (HCS). Certification of the system is being prepared.<\/p>\n

In parallel, a\u00a0test environment<\/b>\u00a0is being set up at ZBT’s hydrogen test field so that the system can then be subjected to an extensive test programme over several months. The\u00a0characterization<\/b>\u00a0should make it possible to better understand this new compression process and also to compare it with already established technologies.<\/p>\n

Funding code: EFO-0153B
\nShort title: InnoKomp
\nDuration: 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024<\/p>\n

Department Hydrogen Infrastructure<\/p>\n

News article “North Rhine-Westphalia promotes energy transition projects”<\/a>\u00a0(in German)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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\n \n \"ZBT\n <\/a>\n ZBT test field: This is where the hydrogen compressor is put through its paces.<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n
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