RIC Leoben

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Hydrogen & Carbon

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SCoRe A⁺ Research Detail

Low-pressure Hydrogen Storage Tanks

Tank material and process development for low-pressure hydrogen storage applications.

General Info

Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Jyothsna Surisetty

Chair: Chair of Polymer Processing

Start: 07/2021

End: 06/2024

Candidate profile: Polymer processing engineer experienced in material development, process optimisation, and sensor integration.

Supervisors / Mentors

Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Thomas Lucyshyn

Chair of Polymer Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben

🎯Targets

  • Develop suitable thermoplastics and process concepts for LOHC tanks.
  • Build and test demo-scale tanks for small mobility systems.
  • Generate scale-up datasets for larger mobile applications.

🏁Milestones

  • Suitable thermoplastics selected.
  • Long-term behaviour characterised.
  • Pilot-scale tank manufactured.
  • Final product evaluated for scale-up.

🧩Work Packages

  • Hydrogen input aggregate state selection.
  • Material development and evaluation.
  • Tank production process definition.
  • Final tank testing and validation.

Context H₂-C

  • Supports green mobility via scalable low-pressure hydrogen storage concepts.