HYSTORSYS AS

HYSTORSYS (Hydrogen Storage & Systems AS) is a Norwegian developer and manufacturer of hydrogen energy storage and compression systems based on metal hydrides.

Based on the unique long-term research expertice of Institute for Energy technology (IFE) on metal hydrides (MH), the company was founded ultimo 2005. Together with IFE, HYSTORSYS possesses experience on the complete hydrogen chain from fundamental understanding of hydrogen-metal interactions to their use in experimental hydride-based energy systems.

MH-storages:

One of the main advantages of a MH-storage is the high hydrogen density at low pressures. Even custom metal hydrides have volumetric densities higher than liquid hydrogen. This means that for a given volume, you can store more hydrogen in a MH-storage than in a hydrogen storage based on liquification - and you will not need to bother about maintaining a low () temperature. In addition, in the MH-system the hydrogen is chemically bound - and thus, not volatile or mortgaged with boil-off. Compared to compressed hydrogen, the MH-system eliminates the need for expensive (energy and cost included) high-pressure compression, and have the property of an intrinsic safe system.

MH-compression:

Machanical compressors are excellent devices for giving you a momentary pressure increase.  Their main drawback is the energy consumption and maintenance interval. MH-compressors, however, compress hydrogen without the need of a high-quality energy carrier such as electricity, but use heat (such as industrial waste-heat) for compression. In addition, thermal MH-compressors are solide-state machines giving a minimum of moving parts and long maintenance interval.

Contact Jon Eriksen Phone: E-mail address: jon.eriksen@hystorsys.no

Address P.O.Box 45 NO-2027 Kjeller Norway

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