Due to customers‘ demand for greater safety, eco friendliness, performance and efficiency, manufacturers of mobile working machines, trucks and buses are increasingly interested in hydrogen as a fuel source. In hydrogen-powered vehicles, the gas in the H 2 storage …
Renewable energy
Hydrogen mobility: Clean engines of the future offer the same convenience as engines today
Christian Wirl | Know-howFor powering on-road and off-road electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells hold key advantages over batteries. To ensure the safety of these vehicles, governments and standardising bodies around the world continue to establish and update guidelines, codes and regulations …
Turning hydrogen into kilometres
Christian Wirl | PressureFuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) powered by hydrogen are climate-friendly as well as powerful. The growing demand for these zero-emission drives is currently focused first and foremost on commercial vehicles. In Switzerland for example, the “H2 Mobility …
Solar panels at Micro Precision in India
Stefan Schneider | WIKA insightWhy not just use the sun? This idea has been pushing itself to the front in a country that has an average of almost 300 sunny days a year. India has been promoting the expansion of solar energy for several years now and is well on the way to making this source of …
Measuring instruments for combined heat and power plants (CHP)
Gerhard Renz | ApplicationsThe range of combined heat and power plants (CHP) is very large, as is the high variance of different plant types. The distinction is made by the generated power/heat output on the one hand and by the energy source used on the other. For all CHP plants, a large number …