ebm-papst and HYTING forge partnership to develop hydrogen heat generators
ebm-papst, a player in air technology and heating technology, and HYTING, a startup for hydrogen heating systems, have announced their strategic partnership to develop and manufacture hydrogen-fuelled heat generators.
HYTING's innovative concept offers a simple, safe, efficient, and clean way to generate heat directly from hydrogen, without combustion. The startup has developed a forced-air heating system (patents-pending) that uses a unique catalytic process to turn hydrogen and oxygen from air into heat. The catalyst acts as a reaction accelerator. Unlike systems that rely on hydrogen combustion to generate heat, HYTING’s technology does not produce any NOx, or particulate emissions – the only by-product is water. Furthermore, it does not use flammable concentrations of hydrogen at any operating point.
It is modular and highly scalable in design, with outputs of 10-300 kW, enabling it to be configured for a wide range of different heating applications, including commercial and residential buildings and heating systems for commercial vehicles. Prototypes are currently undergoing testing, with the first customer trials expected in Germany by Q1 2025.
In this partnership, ebm-papst will leverage its extensive experience and infrastructure to accelerate the development and market launch of HYTING's heat generator portfolio. The heating technology expert ebm-papst has been conducting research in the field of hydrogen for years, including in its in-house hydrogen laboratory at its Landshut location. The company's gas products are already certified for the admixture of hydrogen and can therefore be used perfectly in the HYTING heat generator. ebm-papst plans to manufacture the HYTING heat generators at its state-of-the-art production facilities.
“We are thrilled and proud to partner with ebm-papst,” says Tim Hannig, Founder and Managing Director of HYTING. “ebm-papst’s knowledge, skillset, experience and infrastructure massively accelerate and de-risk our time to market.”
“We see great potential in HYTING's innovative technology and are therefore pleased to partner with HYTING in a joint R&D collaboration. This is in line with our multi-technology approach in heating technology,” explains Dr Hannes Säubert, CEO of Heating Technology at ebm-papst.
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