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Mats W. Lundberg | Sustainability Specialist | Sandvik Materials Technology | SE
Hydrogen Society of Tomorrow – Established in Sandviken Today
Hydrogen Society of Tomorrow – Established in Sandviken Today
Mats W Lundberg|Sustainability Specialist|Sandvik Materials Technology|SE
Sandvik develops advanced stainless steels and special alloys for the most demanding industries and applications.
The energy sector is particularly important for us and our material development is carried out in close cooperation with customers.
Sandvik has, for many years, invested in research and development of materials for fuel cells and has a unique, large-scale plant that is fully prepared for fuel cell technology to take off.
We are collaborating with several global players in developing the optimal interconnect solution for various applications.
Nanocoated material for bipolar plates
A fuel cell converts chemical energy to electricity. When hydrogen is used as a fuel together with oxygen the chemical conversion results in water, heat and electricity. As it is an electrochemical conversion there is no combustion.
The fuel cell has no moving parts and thus very quiet. One fuel cell does not produce enough power so many fuel cells are connected in series to form a fuel cell stack. In between each fuel cell a metallic bipolar plate is plate to handle electrical conduction, gas transport and water removal, Figure 1.
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