31 July 2014
ABOUT HYDROGENIOUS TECHNOLOGIES
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develops key components for
safe and efficient storage of renewable energy.
Based on promising scientific findings of its shareholders,
Hydrogenious Technologies
is engaged in the field of so-called
“Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers” (LOHC).
LOHC technology
offers a solution for the so-far unresolved challenge of
safe and reliable storage of hydrogen that
is produced from electrical energy via electrolysis.
Hydrogen is often considered to be
the energy carrier of the future and
in contrary to the handling of a fugacious and flammable gas,
the storage of hydrogen in liquid LOHC materials
is a break-through on the path
towards a clean hydrogen economy.
Due to its Diesel-like nature LOHCs can be
transported and distributed
in the existing infrastructure for mineral-oil based fuels.
They are stored in and vice versa released
from the LOHC compound
by catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation processes.
The LOHC concept permits
the storage of renewable hydrogen
in liquid, easy-to-handle energy carriers.
During loading and unloading
the LOHC material itself is not consumed
but can be reloaded many times.
Important selection parameters
for suitable substances are consequently
its storage density, physical state
under ambient conditions, availability,
durability and pureness.
Hydrogenious Technologies provides
hydrogenation-ready high-quality LOHC materials
(e.g. N-ethylcarbazole, dibenzyltoluene isomer mixtures, etc.)
in unloaded and loaded form customized
for the particular application (stationary, mobile, etc.).
Products
* N-Ethylcarbazole
* Perhydro-N-Ethylcarbazole
* Dibenzyltoluene
* Perhydro-Dibenzyltoluene
is a spin-off of
* the university of Erlangen-Nuremberg and
* the ‘Bavarian Hydrogen Center’ (www.bh2c.de).
The scientists
* Prof. Wolfgang Arlt,
* Prof. Eberhard Schlücker and
* Prof. Peter Wasserscheid
act as shareholders and Scientific Advisors.
Demonstration systems with Bavaria Hydrogen Center
The development, construction and operation
of a novel energy storage facility
(“demonstrator”)
is the central project of the
The system is essentially based on
the “liquid hydrogen carrier materials” (LOHC) technology
developed at the University of Erlangen.
In this system hydrogen is generated via electrolysis
by means of surplus renewable energy
(for example, from a photovoltaic system)
and stored chemically in liquid form.
These compounds can be stored in
a conventional fuel tank at ambient conditions.
The hydrogen can be released and converted back into electricity
in a fuel cell when required.
This concept will also allow
the safe and efficient storage of renewable energy
over a longer period of time.
A storage facility will be built and installed
at a residential building in Erlangen
during the course of this project.
Besides supplying the house with electricity,
the heat generated can be used to heat the house.
This storage facility is currently under development
and is expected to be installed mid-2014.
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