Hydrogen Energy: Powering the Future with Knick Measurement Technology

Hydrogen is a key player in today’s world of energy production and storage. Knick has proven to be a trusted partner to the industry by way of providing electrical measurement solutions that meet the challenging application requirements seen. Our robust transducers for monitoring critical system variables like voltage, current, and temperature, help to ensure that measurements are performed both accurately and safely within the high-voltage environments encountered. Robust electrical isolation engineered into circuit design is the important common denominator.

Industry Advances Require Precision and Accuracy, While Ensuring Electrical Safety

The capability of electrolyzers that produce hydrogen from a combination of electricity and chemistry is constantly improving. Similarly, the capacity of fuel cell systems designed for the efficient storage and conversion of hydrogen back into electricity is ever growing. These advances are not without their share of challenges. Both electrolyzers and fuel cell systems contain low voltage building blocks which are arranged into larger units called stacks. These stacks are often combined to create even more powerful systems, which are defined as strings. The larger the string, the greater the overall voltage potential. This means that even when looking to monitor and track the performance of low-voltage cell building blocks, protection from the higher overall system voltage must be ensured. This is not an easy task. It requires a carefully thought-out approach along with hardware that can meet the demands. Knick transducers are designed to meet these challenges, by employing accuracy and precision to ensure resolution of both low and high voltage measurements, while offering the necessary electrical protection by way of strong isolation principles. This same performance is brought to temperature and current monitoring, which also requires high-voltage isolation. Knick has seen success in hydrogen applications exceeding 2000 VDC, and remains ready to perform at levels above this, as the industry continues to reach new heights.

Why Knick?
Knick’s commitment to manufacturing and engineering excellence for over 80 years brings the experience necessary to perform in challenging applications encountered by Hydrogen Energy professionals. With continuous electrical isolation up to 4.8 kV, peace of mind is brought to critical high-voltage applications. Performance is further verified by way of stringent standards and approvals met, presented clearly and meticulously in each device datasheet.