(Finance) – FPT Industrialsociety of Iveco Group dedicated to the design, production and sale of alternative engines and propulsion systems for all industrial vehicles, e Landi Renzoglobal leader in the sector of mobility and sustainable infrastructures powered by natural gas, biomethane and
hydrogen, have jointly developed the Hythane On-Board Blending – OBB – system, an innovative solution capable of allowing the mixture of hydrogen and methane – so-called Hythane or hydromethane – directly inside the vehicle.
This system – explains a note – based on a brand new and innovative “double rail” concept and on a dedicated adjustment device, is able to guarantee a further reduction in CO2 emissions compared to natural gas and diesel (-10 % compared to natural gas and -20% compared to diesel), using the same layout as the Natural Gas engine, and ensuring equal performance and efficiency.
Hythane is a “ready now” solution that has the potential to provide a second life to urban and suburban bus fleets, as well as short and medium-haul vehicles with natural gas engines, extending engine life and reducing emissions .
Landi Renzo in particular has created a advanced dual rail mixer containing both methane and hydrogen injectors and controlled by an integrated control unit totally designed in house; the gas supply system is equipped with Landi Renzo pressure regulators for Natural Gas and Hydrogen.
The new system can be used in both CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and LNG (Liquefied natural gas) applications, offering users the advantage of being able to obtain the optimal ratio between hydrogen and methane based on operating conditions.
The project was developed on the basis of a Memorandum of understanding signed by FPT Industrial and Landi Renzo a year ago, aimed at developing complete and efficient solutions for increasingly sustainable mobility and aimed at facilitating the introduction of hydrogen in the transport sector.
Cristiano Musi, CEO of the Landi Renzo Groupcommented: “It is a product with high added value and which fits perfectly into the energy transition. We are satisfied with this first development made in collaboration with FPT Industrial which is added to the range of products that the Landi Group has available for hydrogen applications. We believe that in a sector like that of hydrogen the collaboration of players with different skills is a key to success and we want to apply this model more and more both in the compression of hydrogen and in the green transportation segment ”.