Hydrogen partnership targets sustainable H2 heating

Hydrogen heating start-up HYTING has partnered with technology company ebm-papst to develop hydrogen-fuelled heat generators.

The two German companies believe that the alliance will play a part in accelerating the shift from carbon-fuelled heating technologies to more sustainable systems.

HYTING has developed a (patents-pending) forced-air heating system that uses a catalytic process to turn hydrogen and oxygen from air into heat.

The catalyst acts as a reaction accelerator. Unlike systems that rely on hydrogen combustion to generate heat, HYTING says its technology does not produce any NOx, or particulate emissions – the only by-product is water. It does also not use flammable concentrations of hydrogen at any operating point.

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HYTING says the technology “is modular and highly scalable in design, with outputs of 10-300kW, enabling it to be configured for a wide range of different heating applications, including commercial and residential buildings and heating systems for commercial vehicles”.

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Prototypes are currently undergoing testing, with the first customer trials expected in Germany early this year.

In the partnership, ebm-papst will leverage its experience and infrastructure to accelerate the development and market launch of HYTING's heat generator portfolio.

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ebm-papst has extenstive experience of hydrogen research and has an in-house hydrogen laboratory at its Landshut base.

“We are thrilled and proud to partner with ebm-papst,” said Tim Hannig, founder and managing director of HYTING. “ebm-papst’s knowledge, skillset, experience and infrastructure massively accelerate and de-risk our time to market.”

Dr Hannes Säubert, chief executive of heating technology at ebm-papst, said: “We see great potential in HYTING's innovative technology.”

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