Additively manufactured hydrogen combustion chamber

In an research project, the FH Aachen, the Fraunhofer IPT and Präwest GmbH have produced a prototype of an additively manufactured hydrogen combustion chamber. What makes it special is the design of the combustion chamber: The patented MicroMix process uses many small flames compared to conventional combustion processes with a few large flames. This new design significantly reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) to the level of fossil combustion. The plug-and-play design enables an exchange of the fosil combustion chamber by the new MMX-Chamber without any hardware adoptions on the existing turbomachine, thus allows a short term solution to the energy sector to achive the paris clima pledge goals.

Publications:

Video: Additively manufactured hydrogen combustion chamber

https://youtu.be/yqAQCu7eSUM

Press release: Fraunhofer IPT, FH Aachen and Präwest produce new hydrogen combustion chamber design using 3D printing:

https://www.ipt.fraunhofer.de/en/Press/Pressreleases/211116-fraunhofer-ipt-fh-aachen-and-praewest-produce-new-hydrogen-combustion-chamber-design-using-3d-printing.html

Link:

https://www.ipt.fraunhofer.de/en/projects/hydrogen-combustion-chamber-realized-lpbf.html

Contact:

Fraunhofer IPT, Robin Day M.Sc., robin.day@ipt.fraunhofer.de, +49 241 8904 161