HyMotor
Clean and efficient energy
with simplicity and reliability
Our mission
At HyMotor, we are committed to providing clean power with no trade-offs.
Efficiency
By designing the power generator to have near-constant volume combustion
and recovering waste heat,
HyMotor reduces fuel consumption.
Sustainability
Lean combustion and no critical materials
unlock environmentally
and economically sustainable
power production with HyMotor
Flexibility
HyMotor's ability to operate with
natural gas, hydrogen or methanol
ensures its adaptability to
future energy landscapes.
HyMotor project
Problem
The European medium-scale stationary power generation market (500 kW to 5 MW) uses over 10 billion dollars per year in fuel and emits more than 20 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. Established technologies in this sector are high and medium speed internal combustion engines and small scale gas turbines. Therefore, an improvement in the efficiency and a reduction in the emissions in this sector can have a relevant economic and environmental impact. The potential solutions applied to this framework are not always scalable and sustainable. Ultimately, there is room for a new incumbent capable of reducing fuel consumptions and emissions!
Solution
HyMotor is the novel MW-scale power production system for the energy transition. It uses near constant volume combustion in a reciprocating expander operated in a recuperative cycle to achieve high conversion efficiency (>50%). The system is built with non-critical materials for economic sustainability and supply chain maturity. HyMotor can also operate with multiple fuels, thanks to its lean, high temperature combustion system.
Team
HyMotor is formed by two researchers and a professor of the department of energy of Politecnico di Milano with experience in hydrogen systems and experimental research. HyMotor is advised by a pull of professors with expertise in energy conversion systems, hydrogen technologies, and internal combustion engines.
Francesco Battistella
CEO
Thomas Dalberto
CTO
Gianluca Valenti
CSO
Ennio Macchi
Advisor
Stefano Campanari
Advisor
Tommaso Lucchini
Advisor
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How does HyMotor differs from fuel cells?
HyMotor convert fuel into mechanical energy via constant volume combustion in a reciprocating expander. On the other hand, fuel cells convert fuel directly into electrical energy via electrochemical reactions, requiring more controlled operating conditions difficult to monitor at larger scales and expensive catalysts or high temperatures.
Q. How does HyMotor differs from internal combustion engines?
Inside HyMotor cylinders there is no compression but only combustion and expansion. The compression is carried exclusively by turbomachines, before the heat recovery. HyMotor thermodynamic cycle is therefore fundamentally different from both Otto and Diesel cycles where most of the compression occur inside the cylinders. Turbochargers in internal combustion engines only assist in the intake process increasing power density.
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