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Storage tank finalized – publication planned

November 6, 2026 - In autumn, the project team met at the project partner’s site at the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO). Immediately following the “International Energy and Environment Conference,” the team presented the project’s results to date there.

The storage tank, the centerpiece of the prototype, has been successfully completed. The team is now planning and procuring the necessary infrastructure – from gas piping to control and safety systems to measurement technology. Trial operations will begin once installation is complete.

Scientific progress is also being made: The results on hydrogen absorption in various high-entropy alloys will soon be published in an initial scientific paper.

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(from left.) VSB-Technical University Ostrava - Jiri Rysavy, Fraunhofer UMSICHT - Eva Schieferstein, VSB-Technical University Ostrava - Baran Tasgin, University of Warsaw - Tomasz Wejrzanowski, Technical University Kosice - Karel Saksi, INC Leipzig e.V. - Jens Möllmer, University of Warsaw - Julia Malikowska-Kosinska.

A look back at the first year of the project

April 2, 2026 – The goal of the third project meeting was to share the results from the first year of the project, discuss them, and coordinate the next steps. 

The team is on schedule with the development of materials for hydrogen storage.  In the first year, the researchers tested a wide variety of samples for their suitability; going forward, they will focus on a few selected samples and optimize them.  The topic of modeling hydrogen storage in both materials (high-entropy alloys and aerogels) was also discussed in detail. 

The topic of modeling hydrogen storage in both materials (high-entropy alloys and aerogels) was also discussed in detail. The partners are covering modeling from the microporous scale up to the macroscopic scale. The refueling process is also being modeled using simulation techniques.

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(from left) Warsaw University of Technology: Prof. Tomasz Wejrzanowski, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava: Jiri Rysavy and Baran Tasgin, Fraunhofer UMSICHT: Damian Hintemann and Eva Schieferstein, INC Leipzig e.V.: Jens Möllmer and Markus Lange. Other project partners participated in the project meeting online.