
HCP 500 — Hydrogen Compressor Package
High-flow compression and flow management solutions for hydrogen compression
Hydrogen is a key element in the green energy transition. Together with our partners, we are on a mission to deliver the most cost-efficient hydrogen compression package available. To allow wide use of hydrogen for mobility and trailer filling, equipment must evolve from small demonstration projects into industrialized and efficient solutions, enabling you to meet your total cost of ownership expectations. Reciprocating compressors play a key role in reaching this goal. At Ariel and HOERBIGER, we have the technology to enable the most economic and reliable package for high pressure hydrogen compression.

Transport and storage of hydrogen will be a central issue of the future hydrogen economy. In addition to the type of production, transport and storage, there is a need for efficient compression solutions along the entire hydrogen value chain. Our Compressor Package is tailored to enable our customers efficient transportation and storage solutions for hydrogen applications.

Hydrogen mobility will play an important role in the energy transition of heavy duty vehicles such as trucks and busses. Together with Ariel, we provide a cost-efficient Compressor Package that is purposely designed to meet technical requirements of applications in hydrogen fueling station applications.
Compressor Package solution enabling the fueling station of tomorrow
- Vertical reciprocating compressor from Ariel Compression from 25 bar suction to 500 bar discharge at 250 kg/h
- 0 to 100 % technical mass flow regulation, and 30 to 100% energy efficient mass flow regulation, enabled by eHydroCOM, HOERBIGER's Electric Stepless Capacity Control
- Growing system: the flexible package grows with your needs and can handle economically feasible electrolyzer capacities between 4MW and 15MW
- Highly standardized turnkey solution, supported by HOERBIGER's global service organization
Benefits at a glance
Flexibility
The HOERBIGER Compressor Package is designed towards maximum flexibility and high degree of standardization.
In combination with HOERBIGER’s Stepless Capacity Control eHydroCOM, we enable our customers to compress Hydrogen from various kind of inlet sources to a wide range of Hydrogen applications.


Unbeaten TCO
Best catch in the market: best answer to the tough cost targets for H2.
- Ariel - reliable innovation and industry leading support
- Package standardization
- Optimized for
- CAPEX
- OPEX
“Growing” System
Grows with the demand: eHydroCOM enables large operation range 0 to 100 % technical mass flow regulation, and 30 to 100% energy efficient mass flow regulation
You can run initially low station need with same equipment as in full load.


Reliability
Reliability and Availability are a key success factor for an efficient Hydrogen Compressor Package.
To respond to market requirements the product readiness is supported by a Hydrogen Test Bench at HOERBIGER and Ariel. This allows us to continuously improve our performance indicators like the MTBM and availability of our Hydrogen Compressor Package.

- Suction Pressure – Compressor:
- 25 bar
- Discharge Pressure:
- 500 bar
- Mass Flow:
- >250 kg/h
- Mass Flow Regulation (energy efficient):
- 30 … 100 %
- Mass Flow Regulation (technically):
- 0 … 100 %
- Space Requirements:
- ~72 m2
- Certification:
- CE / ATEX
Yes, the compressor is oil-free. We guarantee that the wear of our sealing elements doesn’t degrade the quality of H2.
~72 m2 incl. maintenance and service area.
The design suction pressure is 25 bar. A suction pressure range from 15 – 295 bar is possible. The discharge pressure is maximum 500 bar, but flexible in a range form 50 to 500 bar.
At desing conditions the mass flow is 250 kg/h. Based on the supply and discharge condition the mass flow can be in a range of 180 kg/h to 300 kg/h.
The compressor responds almost instantly to load changes with our eHydroCOM HD stepless control system. That’s particularly useful to stabilize the backpressure in mbar range for electrolysis.
CE (EU Declaration of Conformity), ATEX (2014/34/EU), Pressure Equipment Directive (2014/68/EU), Machinery Directive (2006/42/EG), Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU), Hydrogen Quality (SAE J2719), Hydrogen Piping (EN 13480, EN 10204), and many others.
HAZOP / HAZID study according to EN 61511, SIL Verification according to ISO 13849-2 and IEC 62061, Hazardous area classification / drawing, Explosion protection documentation / design, H2 Piping – stress analysis, TVA (Tortional Vibration Analysis), Skid and foundation engineering according to but not only API 684-2 and DIN ISO 20816, Heat exchanger engineering concerning a fail-safe design according to API 250 and API 521, and many others.
Yes, we offer complete maintenance of the compressor package that is supported by our global service organization: 1000+ employees in 44 countries and 71 locations.
Components used
- Profiled plate valves (XP/CP/CPs Valve)
- Sealing solutions (rings-and-packings.hoerbiger.com)
- Flow control (eHydroCOM)

Flyer
Michael Vidovitsch
HOERBIGER Wien GmbH
Seestadtstrasse 25, 1220 Vienna, Austria
Mobile +43 664 88222120
