Shandong Good Achievements | Hydrogen Fuel Cell Breaks Ice, Shandong Zhizao Lights Up the Extremely Cold Earth

High altitude, strong winds, radiation, polar day and night, low pressure. Entering Antarctica, the hydrogen power generation system is facing more than one severe pressure. Unlike automotive power products, the development of specialized power generation products needs to be tailored to energy supply response and environmental requirements, with a focus on improving product efficiency, lifespan, and reliability. In response to issues such as low product efficiency and insufficient durability, the team utilized simulation technology over a period of 500 days to further improve the efficiency of the power generation reactor. Through repeated validation of multiple reactors and continuous durability testing lasting up to 1000 hours, the team developed a typical operating spectrum of the power generation product and increased the operational lifespan of the reactor by nearly 5 times.

Due to the excellent low-temperature adaptability of new energy hydrogen production and hydrogen fuel cell power generation, the "wind solar hydrogen storage load" energy supply system with hydrogen electricity coupling has become the preferred choice for harsh polar environments. The "Hydrogen Teng" fuel cell is one of the core components of microgrids. During the operation of microgrids, hydrogen energy plays both the role of energy storage and distributed energy. During periods of good wind and solar conditions, the system uses excess electricity to produce hydrogen and achieves energy storage by storing hydrogen; When wind and solar power generation conditions are poor, the hydrogen fuel cell can convert hydrogen into electrical and thermal energy, and the system can provide about 2.5 hours of power supply for the station area.

Research and development is just the first step of the Long March, and equipment validation is a key link in the entire mission, directly affecting the feasibility of the Antarctic project. To ensure the smooth delivery of the project, in September 2023, the project team simulated the Antarctic electricity environment for low-temperature testing. On November 1, 2024, the hydrogen power generation equipment completed all acceptance work and went to Antarctica. On January 8, 2025, the equipment carrying the "Hydrogen Teng" fuel cell successfully arrived at the Qinling Science and Technology Research Station... Although the project team was unable to go to the site, they were always concerned about every move in Antarctica, providing remote technical support throughout the process and fighting hand in hand with the Antarctic project team thousands of miles away.

The equipment and system of "Hydrogen Teng" hydrogen fuel cell have been installed and debugged at Qinling Station, successfully generating electricity, verifying the reliability of hydrogen fuel cell products in extreme low temperature environments, filling the application gap of hydrogen energy in the construction of Antarctic energy systems, and providing a model for the construction of energy systems and microgrids in polar and low-temperature harsh environments.

In addition to the Antarctic project, the "Hydrogen Teng" fuel cell power generation product has been applied to heating and power supply in multiple industrial parks, and has been operating stably in the Jinan start-up area for more than two years. In the next step, it will be widely used in the "Hydrogen into Ten Thousand Homes" technology demonstration project hydrogen energy community and park power supply, replacing diesel generators as emergency and backup power sources for nuclear power plants, data centers, industrial parks, etc.

The birth of "Hydrogen Teng" is not a sudden emergence, but the result of long-term research and development, continuous iteration and upgrading.

Jinan Lvdong is a subsidiary of National Hydrogen Technology. In order to shape the "Hydrogen Teng" fuel cell brand as "China's own fuel cell brand", National Hydrogen Technology aims to achieve "self-reliance, high performance, and low cost" in research and development. Starting from the eight key components of "Hydrogen Teng", we have overcome technical difficulties and gradually achieved full line self-reliance from materials to components, to battery stacks and systems, laying a solid foundation for building the "Hydrogen Teng" brand.

From the official release of the first "Hydrogen Teng" product in 2019, to the formation of a "Hydrogen Teng" product lineup suitable for various vehicle models in 2022, and now, the "Hydrogen Teng" fuel cell has broken through key technologies such as cold start control in polar scenarios, and can be used in harsh environments such as extremely low temperatures.

As of now, "Hydrogen Teng" has formed a series of fuel cell product lineages, which have been demonstrated and applied in multiple scenarios such as passenger cars, medium and heavy trucks, rail transit, ships, drones, power assisted vehicles, emergency power supplies, etc. It has also achieved preliminary applications in energy supply and other fields.