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Innovation to improve the safety, simplicity and reliability of high-pressure hydrogen systems. With involvement in more than 100 hydrogen refuelling station projects, the Norgren portfolio helps station builders and operators reduce complexity — and improve operating expenses by up to 10%.
A typical hydrogen refuelling station's piping and instrumentation encompasses 15-20 valves, plus regulators, process control and hundreds of components. Insight from more than 100 station builds shows where complexity — and cost — can be engineered out.
Electric actuation removes the need for an entire pneumatic sub-station (air compressor, FRLs, piping and tubing), while modular manifolds integrate valves, regulators and filters — significantly reducing fittings, piping, potential leak points and the station footprint.
Cartridge-type components can be serviced without removing the entire body from the piping, and integrated sensors monitoring pressure and temperature enable condition monitoring — the basis for predictive maintenance schedules.
Based on experience from more than 100 hydrogen refuelling station projects — three engineering approaches that cut both CapEx and OpEx.
Specifying electrically actuated solutions eliminates the pneumatic sub-station — compressor, air preparation, piping and tubing — reducing the total number of components, potential leak points and wiring complexity (further helped by BUS systems).
Modular manifolds integrate valves, regulators and filters into one assembly, reducing the overall quantity of fittings and piping, eliminating potential leak points, shortening installation time and shrinking the station footprint — an approach already proven in CNG refuelling.
Cartridge-type components are serviced in place, without removing the body from the process line — minimising downtime and leak risk at reassembly. Integrated pressure and temperature sensors provide transparent component status for predictive maintenance.
A typical station's piping and instrumentation system encompasses 15-20 valves as part of a multitude of components including regulators and process control — plus, in pneumatic designs, an entire air sub-station. This complexity drives up both operational and capital expenditures, making it difficult for stations to operate profitably.
Air- or pneumatically-operated valves require an air compressor, FRLs, air preparation equipment and associated piping — all of which must also comply with safety requirements such as ATEX. Electric actuation eliminates this sub-system, delivering fewer components to purchase, service or be at risk of failure, fewer potential leak points and higher overall reliability.
Typical systems require entire components to be removed from process lines for servicing — time-consuming and a potential source of leaks at reassembly. Cartridge-type components can be serviced without removing the body from the piping, and condition monitoring via integrated pressure and temperature sensors supports predictive maintenance.
We help with product selection and sizing, provide official Norgren datasheets (in English), and quote from local stock and the European Norgren network — with engineering communication in your own language. Contact our engineers or request a quote directly.