Adrian Eilingsfeld
Engineer Corporate Bionic Projects
Festo SE & Co. KG
Adrian Eilingsfeld is a scientist and engineer with degrees in space studies from the International Space University and biotechnology from Technische Universität Darmstadt. After a brief stay at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, he worked on a dust accelerator at the Materialprüfungsanstalt and completed his PhD at the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. He is dedicated to implementing future concepts into reality in the field of bionics at Festo SE & Co. KG. His research interests range from biologization, process development, and automation to addressing the major challenges of our generation.
BionicHydrogenStorage – Applying Biologization to Hydrogen Storage Concepts
Presentation Abstract: With the biotechnological system BionicHydrogenBattery, Festo presents a completely new, fully automated concept study for the energy-efficient storage and low-risk transport of one of the energy carriers of the future: hydrogen. This hydrogen is converted into formic acid with the help of bacteria—achieved at mild temperatures and low pressure compared to previous methods. The developed system can release this stored hydrogen back in the same biological way. It demonstrates how biotechnology, in conjunction with automation, can contribute to the bioeconomy, as well as the level of measurement and control technology required to transition from fundamental research to new standards.