H2SYS: hydrogen power generation systems

H2SYS is a startup created by 6 CNRS researchers in 2017, developing hybridization solutions between (hydrogen) fuel cells and electrical storage systems.

Hybridization involves combining two energy sources of different natures. Hybridization poses a number of challenges, such as correctly dimensioning these sources and controlling energy flows.

Products: hydrogen fuel cell systems

H2SYS offers:

  • Aircell: PEM fuel cells with nominal power ratings of 500, 1000 or 3000W. The dihydrogen consumed, 65g/kWh, must be 99.95% pure and at a pressure of 5 to 9 bar. They can start up in less than 5 seconds and operate between 5 and 45°C.
  • Boxhy: Hydrogen-powered generator sets up to 8kVa, designed to be transportable, for construction sites.
  • Thytan: Hydrogen generator sets from 50 to 130 kVa. They have an operating life of 15,000 hours.
  • Mothys: a “didactic test bench” (= a tool with a battery, fuel cell and converters for teaching purposes). In particular, it can be combined with a hydride tank and a hydrogen flowmeter.

Services: support for electricity from hydrogen

H2SYS also offers engineering services for its technologies:

  • Integration of hydrogen solutions for hydrogen-powered machines and vehicles
  • “Range Extender for vehicles: a system combining an Aircell fuel cell with a hydrogen tank, and support for its implementation.
  • Tailor-made hybrid modules.

Identity

H2SYS, meaning ” from hydrogen to system “, is a company founded in Belfort (90) in September 2017 (Siren 831 801 840). It was the 2022 winner of the Start-Up prize awarded by the major firm EY. It is headed by Sebastien Faivre. The company stems from researchers who took part in FCLAB, a project supported by CNRS and several universities that designed a “hydrogen fuel cell system hybridized to an electrical storage element, embedding electronic boards integrating intelligent control of energy flows.”(source)