Torsten Semper

Torsten Semper started his career in 2000 as a development engineer for advanced SI engines at IAV GmbH. He moved to Sunfire GmbH in 2007 as a test engineer on solid oxide fuel cell stacks, promoting to head of research and development of solid oxide fuel cell stacks. Returning to IAV, he was appointed project manager for developing advanced energy converters and sustainable engineering, later becoming team manager of sustainable engineering and benchmarking. In 2020, he became head of hydrogen applications testing and simulation at IABG and currently works as head of business development.

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Presentation

Operation experience with hydrogen storage systems at IABG's test infrastructure

To meet the increasing need for the qualification of hydrogen components and systems, IABG has set up new test infrastructures. Based on generic test procedures for the qualification of hydrogen storage systems, the new facilities and planned expansions are presented in detail. Based on operation experience with hydraulic tests (pressure, burst and cycling) with substitute media and high-risk tests (bonfire, impact) on large CGH2 storage systems, these are discussed in detail. Furthermore, the status of the construction of the hydrogen test facility for cryogenic hydrogen applications will be explained.