Energie trifft Innovation: Gemeinsam mit dem internationalen Konsortium des Projekts Hy.CoMM entwickelt EAS Batteries ein speziell angepasstes Batteriesystem für einen hybriden Prototyp, der künftig in wasserstoffbetriebenen Bau- und Bergbaumaschinen eingesetzt wird. Mechanisch und elektrisch exakt auf die Anforderungen abgestimmt, zeigt das Projekt, wie maßgeschneiderte Batterietechnologie zur Dekarbonisierung schwerer Nutz- und Sonderfahrzeuge beitragen kann.
How can emission-free drive solutions also be realized under extreme conditions? Together with other project partners, the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI is working within the framework of the research project Hy.CoMM – Clean Hydrogen Construction and Mining Machines –Hy.CoMM – Clean Hydrogen Construction and Mining Machines on an answer to precisely this question. The goal of the project is to advance hydrogen-based electromobility in mobile working machines and to support the market ramp-up of sustainable drive technologies in the off-road sector.
The focus is on developing a hybrid prototype that combines a fuel cell system with a high-performance battery system. This combination is to be used in the future in the construction and mining sectors and to demonstrate that even under the toughest operating conditions – for example in open-pit mining or on large construction sites – emission-free energy supply is possible. The prototype is currently in the build-up phase and will, in the subsequent test phase, be supplemented by a mobile hydrogen refueling station in order to realistically reproduce the actual requirements and environmental conditions.
EAS Batteries has been commissioned by Fraunhofer IVI to supply a specially adapted battery system for this project with a capacity of 50Ah, including BMS and CAN communication, which is precisely matched both mechanically and electrically to the requirements of the vehicle and its operating environment.
Specifically, it is a liquid-cooled high-voltage system in which EAS’s many years of experience in the development and production of high-performance cells and robust battery systems come into play.
The result is a modular, highly durable system that enables reliable energy supply even under extreme conditions – with high continuous power, long operating times, and resistance to vibrations, dust, and temperature fluctuations. In this way, EAS Batteries makes a decisive contribution to the implementation of the hybrid concept and to the realization of a new generation of emission-free working machines.
The Hy.CoMM project is funded within the framework of the CETP – Clean Energy Transition Partnership – by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).
With this commitment, EAS Batteries underlines its role as a technology partner for demanding special applications and as an active co-designer of the energy transition in the heavy-duty sector – another step toward an emission-free future in the off-road sector.
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