Compressors And Blowers for Fuel Cells

Standard and bespoke Fuel Cell Blower options available to meet the needs of any fuel cell installation.

Expertise in Air Management for Fuel Cells

Our team of air experts stands at the ready to innovate and elevate your fuel cell applications. With a deep understanding of vacuum and low-pressure product development and a focus on the alternative fuel sector, we bring to the table bespoke fuel cell blower and compressor solutions. Our collaborative approach ensures your needs are met with precision and expertise.

Our Fuel Cells Centre of Excellence: Engineering the Future of Fuel Cell Technology

As pioneers in the field, we've established a dedicated Fuel Cell Centres of Excellence specializing in pressure rotating equipment. Our seasoned engineers concentrate on developing blower and compressor innovations tailored for fuel cell applications, taking concepts from prototype to full serial production with a commitment to reliability and efficiency.

Our comprehensive range of fuel cell blowers and compressors is designed to optimize your fuel cell system designs. Whether for air injection, fuel gas injection, or anode gas recirculation, our products ensure that your fuel cell operates at maximum efficiency.

 


 

How are blowers and low pressure compressors equipment used in the fuel cell process?

The efficiency of a fuel cell system hinges on its ability to maximize performance while minimizing costs. Blowers and low-pressure compressors play a pivotal role in this equation, as they are responsible for the precise movement of air and gases throughout the system, directly influencing overall efficiency.

Central to the operation of fuel cells is the controlled delivery of reactants to the cell's anodes and cathodes. Our industry-leading blowers are essential for this, providing a range of functionalities to enhance your fuel cell system designs. From air injection blowers that ensure an optimal mix for electricity generation, to fuel gas injection blowers that deliver the necessary gases, and anode gas recirculation blowers that improve system efficiency – our products cover all your needs.

With our comprehensive suite of blowers and compressors, you can optimize every aspect of your fuel cell's operation, whether it's refining the manufacturing process or maximizing the energy output of the system itself.

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What to look for in a fuel cell blower?

In many fuel cell applications the blower is critical component that will need to be:

  • Highly Reliable: Enduring designs for continuous and reliable operation.
  • Virtually Maintenance-Free: Hassle-free with no consumables or wearables for ease of operation.
  • Energy Efficient: Optimized to improve your fuel cell system's energy yield.
  • Lightweight and Compact: Space-saving designs that don't compromise on power.

Where are Fuel Cells used?

Fuel Cell technologies have a wide variety of applications and are considered an alternative, sustainable and green solution to oil dependency. For example hydrogen fuel cells store hydrogen and oxygen, a chemical reaction between the two elements generates energy and the only byproduct is water. Fuel cells generate no pollution as the only waste they produce is water.

Fuel cells can be used in transport applications to feed buses for city and regional transport but can also be used in hydrogen fuelled marine transportation. Other applications also include forklift trucks, wheel chairs, bikes, small vehicles and light traction. Last, but not least, Fuel Cells are used in stationary applications to generate residential and industrial energy supply.

Our Fuel Cell Blower Technologies

We have a wide range of standard products that can be applied to most fuel cell applications. We can also adapt standard product to create a bespoke solution to meet the needs of any fuel cell installation.

Side Channel Blowers for Fuel Cell Applications

Range technical characteristics

In many fuel cell applications the blower is critical component that will need to be:

  • Pressure up to 1,100 mbar (g)
  • Capacity up to 2,500 m³/h

Benefits

In many fuel cell applications the blower is critical component that will need to be:

  • Highly reliable even under harsh conditions
  • Almost non-existent service requirements


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Claw Vacuum Pumps and Compressors for Fuel Cell Applications

Advantages of Claw Technology

Contact-free vacuum or compressed air efficiently and economically. This is possible because of the principle of internal compression in the rotary claw design. The gas is pre-compressed within the compressing chamber and is then discharged.

  • Highly efficient, dry and contact-free.
  • Steady performance curve over the entire operating range.
  • Integrated air cooling without additional cooling medium.
  • Low noise level.
  • Available with variable speed drive.
  • ATEX-compliant versions available upon request.
  • Low maintenance.
  • Wide range of applications.
 
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Claw Vacuum Pumps for Fuel Cell Applications

 

Ingersoll Rand Hydrogen Solutions Family

Ingersoll Rand businesses have expertise spanning the whole hydrogen value chain. This not only includes the blowers, compressors and vacuum pumps above. It also includes industrial gas specialists Reavell, hydrogen compressing in PVC Production from WITTIG, liquid ring compressors for hydrogen recover from Nash and hydrogen refuelling stations from Haskel.

Ingersoll Rand is commitment to developing hydrogen technologies that support more sustainable, flexible, and affordable hydrogen solutions.

 
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