{"id":22082,"date":"2025-11-11T08:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/?p=22082"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T14:34:10","slug":"green-hydrogen-xintc-modular-electrolyzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/industries\/refrigeration-ventilation\/green-hydrogen-xintc-modular-electrolyzer_22082\/","title":{"rendered":"Green hydrogen from the desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hydrogen as an energy source is a simple and sustain\u00adable solu\u00adtion! When it is utilized, the only byproduct is water vapor \u2013 no pollu\u00adtants, no CO\u2082. However, there is a catch \u2013 the produc\u00adtion process requires energy. If this energy derives from coal or natural gas, the other\u00adwise lower carbon foot\u00adprint is compro\u00admised. As a result, truly \u201cgreen\u201d hydrogen needs energy obtained from renew\u00adable sources such as solar and wind. These can be found in large quan\u00adti\u00adties in remote loca\u00adtions such as deserts. And here lies the crux of the matter: Hydrogen produc\u00adtion plants \u2013 so-called elec\u00adtrolyzers \u2013 are expen\u00adsive, complex and main\u00adte\u00adnance-inten\u00adsive. They require complex infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and are tricky to adapt and scale. This poses a problem in barren desert land\u00adscapes. However, XINTC has a solu\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our systems need to be better, cheaper and more robust.<\/p>\nWilko van Kampen, Founder & CEO XINTC<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Green hydrogen, cheaper and more flex\u00adible<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Dutch company, based in Eerbeek, has made it its mission to make the produc\u00adtion of green hydrogen cheaper and more flex\u00adible. To this end, XINTC has devel\u00adoped elec\u00adtrolyzers that do not need inverters, trans\u00adformers or batteries to obtain green elec\u00adtricity. This saves mate\u00adrials and costs, improves effi\u00adciency and reduces main\u00adte\u00adnance work. XINTC also relies on the quality and dura\u00adbility of the installed compo\u00adnents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur systems need to be better, cheaper and more robust,\u201d says company founder and CEO Wilko van Kampen. \u201cMany of our plants are located in remote areas. If some\u00adthing fails out there, main\u00adte\u00adnance becomes extremely expen\u00adsive for our customers.\u201d The elec\u00adtrolyzers are there\u00adfore also designed to func\u00adtion reli\u00adably in diffi\u00adcult condi\u00adtions, whether intense heat or bitter cold. In addi\u00adtion, the modular design enables the elec\u00adtrolyzers to be scaled in different ways \u2013 from 600 kilo\u00adwatts to 100+ megawatts. A single module has a capacity of 5 to 6.5 kilo\u00adwatts. As such, the elec\u00adtrolyzer systems can be adapted in line with local require\u00adments and used almost anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The elec\u00adtrolyzers have a modular design that enables them to be scaled up flex\u00adibly from 600 kilo\u00adwatts to over 100 megawatts. (Photo | XINTC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Constant cooling throughout thanks to AxiEco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the subject of heat, it\u2019s worth noting that the elec\u00adtrolyzers dissi\u00adpate a fair amount of it during oper\u00ada\u00adtion. To prevent the instal\u00adla\u00adtions from over\u00adheating, the warm air must be contin\u00adu\u00adously discharged. This is where compact axial panel fans from ebm-papst come into play \u2013 they draw in the ambient air, convey it through the system and discharge it to the outside. This ensures a contin\u00aduous airflow and reli\u00adably trans\u00adports the heated air out of the system, around the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the fans perform another impor\u00adtant func\u00adtion. If hydrogen acci\u00adden\u00adtally escapes inside the plant, they imme\u00addi\u00adately trans\u00adport this highly flam\u00admable gas to the outside. As a result, the constant air circu\u00adla\u00adtion not only ensures an optimum oper\u00adating temper\u00ada\u00adture but also prevents hydrogen from accu\u00admu\u00adlating inside the container\u00adized systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The compact AxiEco units in this module ensure perma\u00adnent cooling air flow inside the system. (Photo | ebm-papst Benelux)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And then there\u2019s the weather to think about. Many regions where XINTC elec\u00adtrolyzers are deployed are subject to extreme ambient condi\u00adtions \u2014 scorching heat during the day, bitter cold at night and some\u00adtimes sand\u00adstorms in between. It\u2019s a real endurance test for tech\u00adnical systems. However, ebm-papst\u2019s fans have also been designed for such situ\u00ada\u00adtions and they work reli\u00adably even under the most diffi\u00adcult of condi\u00adtions and flex\u00adibly adapt their output in line with the ambient temper\u00ada\u00adture. To achieve this, they are tested under even more extreme condi\u00adtions and subject to real envi\u00adron\u00admental influ\u00adences in the testing center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green hydrogen as an energy store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With its modular elec\u00adtrolyzers, XINTC enables its customers to produce green hydrogen econom\u00adi\u00adcally and reli\u00adably, even in remote loca\u00adtions such as deserts. One partic\u00adu\u00adlarly clever feature is that excess elec\u00adtricity from wind and solar parks can be used directly to produce hydrogen. This means that renew\u00adable ener\u00adgies can also be stored, trans\u00adported and used in the form of hydrogen \u2013 even when the wind is not blowing or the sun is not shining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hydrogen as an energy source is a simple and sustain\u00adable solu\u00adtion! When it is utilized, the only byproduct is water vapor \u2013 no pollu\u00adtants, no CO\u2082. However, there is a catch \u2013 the produc\u00adtion process requires energy. If this energy derives from coal or natural gas, the other\u00adwise lower carbon foot\u00adprint is compro\u00admised. As a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fans","category-refrigeration-ventilation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22082"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22325,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22082\/revisions\/22325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}