COMBLOC – Compressor system building blocks

• Research unit: SFOE
• Project number: SI/502263

Short description (English)

Fuel cells for mobile application such as passenger cars, commercial vehicles (for lifts, delivery vans, trucks, buses) and train applications require an air supply with a compressor. Due to the dynamic market and technology development there is no clear standardization in the compressor specifications yet. This project targets to solve this problem by a smart combination of compressor system building blocks for different specifications. This allows for compressor systems with lower cost and lower validation effort than fully application specific compressor systems, and higher efficiency than existing, but non-optimal compressor systems. The research results from this project shall allow the fuel research and development community to improve efficiency and lower cost, and with strengthen the fuel cell technology and market acceptance.