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Germany's Thyssenkrupp Launches Fourth-Generation Fuel Cell System

02 Apr 2024 | Abstracted from Naval Technology

The fuel cell system was launched after the completion of an extensive test program with more than 70,000 operating hours in the test environment....this is the next big step with huge improvements in availability, redundancy and stealth.

"The FC4G is designed to be a high-availability modular system, composed of redundant components...It relies on the well-proven and exceptionally safe system of metal hydride cylinders for hydrogen...storage"

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