HYSTOR - Composite Electroformed Hydrogen Tank

由于其低碳潜力，氢动力汽车市场现在受到了更大的重视，预计到2040年将大幅增长。丰田和现代最近推出的先进氢燃料电池动力汽车展示了该技术的潜力，特别是在德国、日本、加州和英国，加油基础设施正在逐步推广。氢的加压储存存在减少成本、泄漏、再填充期间的用户体验和重量的机会，所有这些都将提高氢作为低碳替代燃料的可行性。位于布里斯托的国家复合材料中心一直在对氢储存进行研究，并确定了各种需要改进的领域，以及英国应该如何发展其供应链，以服务于这一新兴的需要的Ultima Forma是先进金属零件的专业制造商，使用其专利电铸工艺。ZEV 2可行性研究证实，该工艺有可能解决NCC确定的一些问题，包括缠绕的芯轴强度和氢渗透性。在该项目中，由Ultima Forma领导的财团在Lentus和NCC的支持下将致力于定义和演示适合大规模使用的制造工艺，并评估规模扩大的经济性。

The market for hydrogen powered vehicles now has greater emphasis due to its low carbon potential and is predicted to grow substantially by 2040\. The recent launch of advanced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles from Toyota and Hyundai have showcased the potential of the technology and refuelling infrastructure is gradually being rolled out especially in Germany, Japan, California and the UK. Opportunities exist with the pressurised storage of hydrogen to reduce costs, leakage, user experience during refilling, and weight, all of which would improve hydrogen's viability as a low carbon alternative fuel.The National Composites Centre in Bristol has been conducting research into hydrogen storage and have identified a variety of areas for improvement as well as how the UK should develop its supply chain in order to serve this emerging need. Ultima Forma is a specialist manufacturer of advanced metal parts using their patented electroforming process. A ZEV2 feasibility study has confirmed this process has the potential to address a number of the issues identified by the NCC including mandrel strength for winding and hydrogen permeability.In this project, the consortium led by Ultima Forma and supported by Lentus and the NCC will work to define and demonstrate a manufacturing process suitable for use at scale, and assess the economics for scale up.