The Future Of Hydrogen Storage

The experts at Walter Tosto explain safety and design for high-pressure hydrogen storage tanks, and the importance of design by analysis Hydrogen Has emerged in recent years as a promising alternative energy vector because of its potential to address the challenges of climate change, pollution, and energy security. Although hydrogen is considered to be one of the key elements in the global decarbonisation, its storage is more complicated than many other energy vectors that industry is much more used to. Since storing hydrogen under atmospheric conditions is highly inefficient, it should always be put under high pressure. This brings molecules closer together, increasing the energy per volume and making hydrogen applicable for various processes. Thanks to its ambitious research & development and scale-up strategy, Walter Tosto can propose its innovative high- and very high- pressure hydrogen storage tank, Sphero. This has been developed with the stringent requirements of ASME Section VIII Division 3, regarding material qualification, fabrication, NDE acceptance criteria and Design by Analysis (DBA). Design Solutions One of the main advantages of DBA, is the possibility to...