CellForm Hydrogen

🏆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The hy-fcell Award was presented today in the categories 'Research & Development', 'Products & Markets' and 'Start-up'. Thekla Walker, Minister for the Environment in Baden-Württemberg, Michael Kaiser, Managing Director of the Stuttgart Economic Region, and Roland Bleinroth, CEO of Messe Stuttgart, were present to support this event. 🎉 Congratulations to the winners: Research & Development: H2FLY with the submission HY4, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Josef Kallo Products & Markets: WS Reformer GmbH - e-flox GmbH - WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH with the submission Ammonia to Hydrogen, Niklas Baum, Sven Block, Alexander Joza, Paghadal Kartik, Hans-Peter Schmid, Jana Sentko, Ronaldo Sittner, J.A.Wünning, Marius Wilke, Jürgen Witolla Start-up: CellForm Hydrogen with the submission High Performance, Simon Brugger, Moritz Miller, Johannes Full, Tobias Heinz #innovation #hyfcell #champion

𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 #4: 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲? The very widespread discussion in Germany about the efficiency advantage of battery-powered electric vehicles is quite misleading, as it ignores the holistic view that is so crucial for the real world. These considerations always assume that the green electricity required to charge the battery (from wind and sun) is always simultaneously available in sufficient quantities. However, this has nothing to do with reality. City buses, for example, can only be charged at night in the depot. During this time there is definitely no solar power and on many days there is also far too little electricity from wind power available. In the winter months, even with a lot of installed solar and wind power capacity, green electricity will not be directly available for many days. At the same time, there will be increasingly large amounts of excess electricity from solar and wind that cannot be used directly. Only very limited quantities of electricity can be stored in batteries. In addition, there are many areas around the world (deserts and uninhabited coasts) where a multiple of today's global energy demand can be generated from sun and wind. As the electricity is not needed locally, the only remaining option is the conversion into hydrogen and its transportation to the energy-consuming regions. #efficiency #hydrogen #renewableenergy

CellForm bipolar plates on the road 🚎 Many of our plates can be found in the stacks of hydrogen trucks. Our flowfields, specifically tailored to this application, are boosting stack performance of heavy and light vehicles. #trucks #hydrogen #mobility #decarbonization

🌍 CellForm at Hy-Fcell – International Expo and Conference 2024 🌍 We are pleased to be attending the Hy-Fcell Expo and Conference 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 8-9. Our CEO, Simon Brugger, will be presenting in the C3 session on Tuesday, October 8, at 11:30 AM, where he will discuss the latest developments at CellForm and our contributions to advancing hydrogen technology. You can find us at booth 4E33, where we will be showcasing our solutions for metallic bipolar plates, designed to enhance the efficiency and scalability of hydrogen applications. We look forward to connecting and exploring opportunities for innovation together. #Hydrogen #FuelCells #Innovation #HyFcell2024 #CellForm #ScalingHydrogen

𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 #3: 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱? Large quantities of hydrogen are transported from the producer to the consumer via gas pipelines. This has been established practice in the chemical industry for many decades, with hundreds of kilometers of pipelines. In future, the very extensive gas network in Europe will be switched to transport hydrogen, enabling the very cost-effective distribution of green energy generated in windy and sunny regions by photovoltaics or wind turbines. Small quantities of hydrogen are stored in the form of compressed gas and transported to the consumer by truck. Liquid hydrogen is also transported by truck to consumers with a slightly higher demand for hydrogen. #transport #pipelines #hydrogen

Small fuel cell bipolar plate or large electrolyzer bipolar plate? 👨💻 We can manufacture everything between the size of a hand and a full-grown human being thanks to the flexibility of our production line. This allows us to recommend and manufacture the right plate size for every application. #electrolysis #fuelcell #hydrogen

𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 #𝟮: 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿? Hydrogen has been used for more than 100 years on an industrial level. In 2023, 95 million tons of hydrogen were used worldwide, mainly for the production of synthetic fertilizers and in refineries for the production of fuels (petrol, diesel, kerosene). Due to the decarbonization of our entire energy system worldwide, far more hydrogen than before is needed now. Examples of fields of application are: 1. The production of green steel with hydrogen instead of coal 2. The flexible generation of green electricity in gas-fired power plants for times when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing 3. The production of eFuels (including SAF for aviation) in sunny and windy regions of the world 4. The use as a fuel in the transportation sector – electric motors powered by fuel cells or hydrogen engines 5. The conversion of CO2 produced during cement production into green methanol #decarbonization #energysystem #hydrogen

CellForm bipolar plates as an efficiency booster for the hydrogen production⚡ For our customers in the field of PEM electrolysis we manufacture especially large metallic bipolar plates. Our past and current projects in this area have shown that the flexibility of our production line in terms of plate size is a very important advantage. #electrolysis #hydrogen #bipolarplates

𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 #𝟭: 𝗠𝗮𝘅, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱? Today, the majority of hydrogen is produced very cheaply from natural gas (fossil/grey hydrogen). However, in the first half of the last century, before natural gas became widely available, some companies produced hydrogen through electrolysis, which is the splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen. Some of these traditional companies are still active today and are currently massively expanding their activities, as there will be a huge upswing in hydrogen production via electrolysis in the coming years: From around 1 GW of installed electrolysis capacity in 2023, 300 GW is expected to be installed by 2030. In order to meet the demand arising from the global decarbonization of the energy system twice as much electrolyzer capacity would be needed – a huge market potential. If renewable energy such as wind and solar energy is used for electrolysis, the entire process is CO₂-neutral and so-called green hydrogen is produced. By the way: The bipolar plates we manufacture are used in electrolyzers as well as in fuel cells, the opposite reaction to produce electricity from Hydrogen and Oxygen. #electrolysis #hydrogen #energy

Metallic bipolar plates that are only 50 µm thick? Works, as we have proven with our stainless steel and titanium plates 💪 The thinness of these plates is accompanied by reduced weight and increased efficiency. In addition to stainless steel and titanium, we have also produced bipolar plates made of nickel-based alloys and even aluminum! #hydrogen #efficiency #aluminium