About

Starting from the State-of-the-art of hydrogen engines, Hylley will address three main pathways: Research, Evolution and Realization. These pathways coincide with the three areas of Hylley.

Area Realization

In Hylley, Realization is the most important and, in terms of resources, largest pathway. The general idea is, to make the hydrogen engine fit for real life, while maintaining outstanding performance factors. The ‘real life’ covers a lot of challenges:

Combustion anomalies over lifetime, materials degradation, pressure control and the interaction with the storage system and catalyst ageing to name but a few. A very important aspect is the demand coming from the vehicle in terms of load, emission legislation, sensitivity to efficiency, packaging and expected lifetime.

We want to develop an engine that maintains outstanding performance in terms of power, efficiency and emissions over its entire useful life. And we want to demonstrate the ways and means to develop such an engine. Thus, we want to industrialize the hydrogen engine and make it more robust.

The Area Realization is divided in two projects: Engine and Vehicle

Area Evolution

The research into hydrogen engines has made major progress in the last couple of years. Remarkable results for emission, power, dynamics and efficiency were demonstrated.

Nevertheless, we want to make the hydrogen engine even better. In each of the above mentioned key figures, and others, improvements are likely to be possible. However, this will require additional or more complicated systems and parts, but this is not regarded in this area. Here, we want to explore the ultimate potential of the hydrogen engine in these performance-related key parameters. At the end of the day we want to know whether it is worth the effort.

The Area Evolution is divided in two Projects: Combustion and Process

Area Research

umfasst alle wissenschaftlichen Themen von Hylley. Alle diese Themen sind mit den spezifischen Herausforderungen der Wasserstoffverbrennung und der Wasserstoffsysteme verbunden: Verbrennungsanomalien, Materialverschlechterung, Komplexität und Speicherung. Ziel ist es nicht nur, ein tiefes und umfassendes Verständnis der verschiedenen Effekte zu entwickeln, sondern auch geeignete und zuverlässige Simulationsmodelle zu entwickeln. Sobald diese Effekte simuliert werden können, sind sie auch einer gezielten und methodischen Optimierung des Wasserstoffmotors zugänglich, was ebenfalls ein Ziel ist.

Es ist das Ziel dieses Bereichs, auf diesem Gebiet einen großen Fortschritt zu erzielen. Dies ist jedoch eine sehr anspruchsvolle wissenschaftliche Aufgabe und der Erfolg ist bei weitem nicht garantiert.
Die Optimierung strebt die Verbesserung des Wasserstoffmotors mit einem breiten Fokus an. Es wird nicht nur die reine Motorleistung betrachtet, sondern auch Kosten, Komplexität, Degradation und andere Faktoren, die für einen Markterfolg wichtig sind. Dies ist ein wichtiger Unterschied zu der leistungsorientierten Weiterentwicklung in der Area Evolution.
Die Area Research ist in zwei Projekte unterteilt: System and Materials und Combustion and Simulation.

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Funding

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