Through their technology cooperation, ARIEL and HOERBIGER have developed a compact, yet powerful compressor tailored to the key needs of the hydrogen industry.

This compressor is now an integral part of HOERBIGER’s new hydrogen compressor package HCP 500, which will be built at HOERBIGER’s new compressor packaging facility in Trnava, Slovakia.

The HCP 500 is featured by HOERBIGER’s unique compressor capacity system “eHydroCOM”, offering excellent controllability of flow rates, characterized by high regulation precision and a broad regulation range.

This ensures perfect alignment with the requirements of electrolyzers and hydrogen refuelling stations, enabling a high mass flow rate of over 250 kg/h (105,802 scf/h). This makes the compressor package from HOERBIGER ideal for heavy-duty refuelling stations and trailer filling facilities, ensuring long operational times in both stationary and ON/OFF operations.

Finally, the HCP 500 offers an unmatched Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) performance compared to today´s available technologies on the market.

The high level of standardization and installation in a compact and space-saving HCP 500 package, supports end users to achieve their total cost of ownership goals. Leveraging decades of expertise and high quality in components and compressors, the HCP 500 has been created that is suitable for both high-performance, highly available hydrogen refuelling stations and filling plants.

H2 MOBILITY is utilizing this compressor package for its new heavy-duty refuelling station concept. Combined with their new modular dispensers, they are developing a future-oriented refuelling concept for heavy-duty vehicles including trucks and buses. This system can refuel at pressures ranging from 350 bar up to 500 bar.

The KBH model compressor built into the HCP 500, recently delivered by ARIEL to HOERBIGER for H2 MOBILITY’s new heavy-duty refuelling station in Düsseldorf, carries the serial number 70,000. This milestone represents a significant achievement for all project partners. The collaboration between H2 MOBILITY, HOERBIGER, and ARIEL underscores the importance of technology partnerships in rapidly evolving markets like the hydrogen economy. Together, these partners are committed to providing a sustainable and efficient solution for a greener future in transportation infrastructure.

“The performance of the Düsseldorf refuelling station on Höherweg is currently unmatched in Europe. It represents the new generation of H2 MOBILITY refuelling stations. In Düsseldorf, multiple 350 and 700 bar vehicle types (buses, trucks, light commercial vehicles, and cars) will be able to refuel simultaneously and consecutively at the same location. Thanks to our patented refuelling technology, high-performance refuelling is now possible. Our customers benefit more than ever from modern technology and the advantages of hydrogen propulsion—short refuelling times with long range,” explains Frank Fronzke, Managing Director and COO of H2 MOBILITY Deutschland.

Pioneering in Europe: H2 MOBILITY Station Network

Currently, 33 stations in the H2 MOBILITY network offer refuelling options for trucks and buses (350 bar), with numbers rising. By the end of the year, the number will increase to over 50. Overall, H2 MOBILITY currently operates around 80 hydrogen refuelling stations in Germany and Austria.

About H2 MOBILITY

H2 MOBILITY Deutschland is a pioneer in the development of a public hydrogen refuelling station network and Europe’s largest operator of public hydrogen stations. Its business areas include technical development, financing, planning, construction, marketing, and operation of the stations. H2 MOBILITY was founded in 2015 as a project company with the mission to establish a nationwide basic network of hydrogen refuelling stations for cars. The characteristics of the first generation of stations included storage capacities of up to 200 kilograms and a 700-bar pump on conventional gas station sites. In 2022, the project company transitioned into a long-term, economically oriented enterprise with the goal of contributing to the energy transition in transportation through a high-performance hydrogen refuelling network. In a financing round, H2 MOBILITY raised €110 million in capital for network development. Since then, its largest investor has been Hy24, an international fund manager for the development of the global hydrogen economy. H2 MOBILITY Deutschland aims to fully switch to green hydrogen by 2028.

About ARIEL CORPORATION

Ariel is the largest manufacturer of separable reciprocating gas compressors world-wide. Our compressors are utilized by the global energy industry to extract, process, transport, store, and distribute natural gas from the wellhead to the end-user. Since 1966, Ariel has shipped more than 75,000 compressors to our customers around the world. As a world-class manufacturer, Ariel sets the industry standard through expert design and manufacturing, industry-leading research and development, and unmatched customer support.

About HOERBIGER

Locally close to the customers – globally successful: HOERBIGER is active worldwide in 43 countries on all continents. 6,174 employees at 133 locations – including 30 production plants – deliver reliable solutions for better performance, increased safety, and fewer emissions. In 2023, they generated sales of 1.416 billion euros. For renowned customers from the energy sector, the process industry, the automotive industry, the mechanical engineering industry, safety technology, and the electronics industry, performance-determining products and services from HOERBIGER make the difference. With innovations for decarbonization and energy transition, HOERBIGER is already enabling change today for a better tomorrow. As majority shareholder, the HOERBIGER Foundation preserves the 129-year-old entrepreneurial heritage and guarantees stability, independence, and a future-oriented strategy.

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