Key Features:

- Utilizes advanced thermoplastic composite materials for superior performance.

- Capable of achieving tip speeds exceeding 500 m/s, crucial for hydrogen compression.

- Significantly lighter than traditional metal impellers, enhancing compressor efficiency.

- Designed to overcome the speed limitations of metallic impellers.

 

Technical Specifications:

- Material: Advanced thermoplastic composites.

- Tip speed: Exceeded 500 m/s on a Ø300mm impeller demonstrator.

- C/PEEK composite has over 3x higher specific strength, fatigue limit, and design value than Inconel 718.

- Density: 1.58 g/cm3 for C/PEEK vs. 4.43 g/cm3 for Ti 6AI-4V.

- Design: Net moulded for precision and integrity.

- Specific suitability: Pure hydrogen compression.

- Enhanced durability and performance in rotating equipment.

 

Application Areas:

- Centrifugal compressors and other rotating equipment for hydrogen applications.