LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER GMBH & CO. KG has received a significant order. Around 20 process cooling systems will be provided to a French producer of hydrogen filling stations, which will take over an important element of the car refueling process – chilling the hydrogen to -40 °C – as part of the application.
The gas stations will be utilized all around Europe. LAUDA is pushing up its efforts in the realm of hydrogen technology in order to give clients much-needed temperature management knowledge while also helping to safeguard the environment. One of the crucial technologies for a successful energy transition is the creation of green hydrogen.
For a French customer, LAUDA builds industrial process cooling systems of the SUK 350 type as well as industrial circulating chillers from the LAUDA Ultracool device range. By the end of June 2022, the systems will have been delivered. The process cooling systems are used to cool hydrogen fed into the vehicle tank at high pressure with a high cooling capacity for a short period of time. The process cooling system, which has a peak cooling capacity of 40 kW at -40 °C and was specifically developed for use in hydrogen filling stations, has a peak cooling capacity of 40 kW at -40 °C. At the same time, LAUDA Ultracool recirculating chillers, which have been particularly tuned for this purpose, are utilized to keep a high-pressure hydrogen compressor cool at a temperature of -18 °C.
“For us, the order from our French partner is clear evidence that LAUDA’s temperature management solutions are a vital high-tech component in the development of operational, safe hydrogen logistics,” says LAUDA’s Managing Partner, Dr. Gunther Wobser. “In recent years, we have greatly boosted our activity in this sector, and we see a lot of promise for LAUDA’s precise temperature control technology.”
“We bring with us over 60 years of plant building knowledge, which many clients value,” says Alfred Semrau, PPA’s Manager of Heating and Cooling Systems. “There are many more uses for energy-efficient cooling in the field of hydrogen, in addition to electrolysis and hydrogen filling – two domains in which devices and systems from are currently active. We are really excited to work with our customers to build even more intriguing solutions.”
