Gregory Hart

Gregory Hart

Gregory Hart is a project engineer responsible for the fuel cell stack and system platform development at HIC gGmbH – Hydrogen Innovation Center, located in Chemnitz, Germany. Originally from the United States, his background is in Mechanical Engineering with a Bachelor of Science from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and a master’s in Automotive and Mechanical Engineering from Esslingen University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany. Since 2019, he has been involved with fuel cell and hydrogen related topics, including single cell testing at cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG, system development and integration at Volvo Group, and Balance of Plant component development at Purem by Eberspächer. His main interests in his role at HIC include the communication of intricate reactions between fuel cell components at stack and system levels and understanding the need for balance between functionality, efficiency, and the simplicity needed for market takeoff.

From Powder to Performance: Virtual Development Platform and Fuel Cell Component Testing at Germany's New Hydrogen Innovation Center

Presentation abstract: Though PEM fuel cells are far from a new technology, deploying them at scale as an eco-friendly and energy-sovereignty supporting alternative requires support across all levels of European value chains. This presentation covers how the Hydrogen Innovation Center (HIC) in Chemnitz, Germany plans to provide such support to active players in the industry – from component development all the way to system layout and operating strategies. Major topics are the HIC Virtual Testing Platform and the modular fuel cell testing platform under development at the HIC R&D Center.