Burckhardt Compression has launched an oil-free hydrogen compressor solution for 550 bar discharge pressure and high mass flows

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The high-pressure hydrogen compressor has been developed and successfully tested at Burckhardt Compression’s in-house testing facility in Switzerland. During these tests, the critical components, oil-free high-pressure piston sealing and packings, have proven their mechanical and sealing performance at 550 bar discharge pressure. The optimized configuration has been selected and the durability tests to prove competitive…

Burckhardt Compression Enters Partnership with Shell New Energies for Development of Heavy-duty Hydrogen Refueling Station Compressor Systems

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Burckhardt Compression is one of the finalists selected by Shell New Energies as a partner for non-lube high-pressure hydrogen compressor development. As part of this project, Burckhardt Compression is building a new test facility in Winterthur, Switzerland, dedicated to the advancement of sealing technologies and solutions for hydrogen refueling stations serving heavy-duty vehicles. These solutions…

Oil-Free High-Pressure Compressor Reaches 10’000 Hours of Uninterrupted Operation

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Burckhardt Compression Laby®-GI fuel gas compressor systems play an important role on LNG carriers. As the liquified natural gas warms up during storage and transportation, the evaporated boil-off gas must be economically managed by either using it as fuel or re-liquefying it. Both, dual-fuel engines as well as re-liquefaction plants, require a certain operation pressure,…

Burckhardt Compression to Deliver H2 Diaphragm Compressor Unit for Hungarian Green Hydrogen Project

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The Diaphragm Compressor is being manufactured at Burckhardt Compression in Shenyang, China, and will be shipped as a skidded compression unit to GanzAir Compressortechnics LLC in Hungary. The compressor skid includes lube oil system, motor, gas cooler, instrumentation and control system and a closed cooling water loop with air cooler. The MD10-L compressor system is…

Burckhardt Compression passes 1’000’000 operating hours with Laby®-GI Compressors for MAN ME-GI engines

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The Laby®-GI Compressor combines sophisticated cryogenic, low-pressure labyrinth piston design and state-of-the-art ring-sealed high-pressure technology on a single compressor frame. This allows simultaneous fuel gas supply to low-pressure 4-stroke auxiliary engines and high-pressure gas supply to the 2-stroke main engines and a dedicated high-pressure re-liquefaction system. Burckhardt Compression’s marine portfolio offers standardized solutions for lubricated…

Burckhardt Compression received an order for a diaphragm compressor unit for a new green hydrogen production plant in Switzerland

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The new 2MW green hydrogen production plant being built by the Swiss company H2 Energy represents an important step towards the development of green hydrogen infrastructure in Switzerland. Using the Diaphragm Compressor system manufactured by Burckhardt Compression, the hydrogen that is processed in a PEM electrolyzer will be filled into Hydrospider swap trailers, 450 bar…

Burckhardt Compression: Renewal of MBO shareholder group agreement

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The Management Buyout (MBO) shareholders have decided ahead of schedule to again enter into a new five-year shareholders’ agreement with a term until May 2026. The last shareholders’ agreement was concluded in 2016, with a term until May 2021. Ton Büchner, Chairman of the Board of Directors: “We greatly appreciate that Burckhardt Compression can continue…