iVT was a major winner at Bauma in Munich when it was recognized in the hotly contested Climate Protection category in the Bauma Innovation Awards. The hydrogen-combustion machine is the first ever Liebherr hydraulic excavator to be powered by a hydrogen engine
The machine’s prime power source is the H966 hydrogen combustion engine, which has six cylinders and uses port fuel injection (PFI), which Liebherr employs along with direct injection (DI) for its hydrogen engines
The other four lucky winners who received their accolades Oct. 23 were:
• MiC 4.0, which won in the Digitalisation category for its Machines in Construction, which creates one common digital language for construction sites;
• Herrenknecht AG, which earned the prize in the Mechanical Engineering category for its continuous advance tunnelling machine, which can speed operations by 1.6x.
• Holcim (Germany) GmbH, which narrowly led the field in the Construction category with its new, hugely versatile, patent-pending building material, CPC (Carbon Pre-stressed Concrete)
• Research, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology Mechanical Engineering Institute, won with their Deep Sea Sampling technology – a way to facilitate the mining of sea-bed minerals and resources, with minimal environmental impact.
Source: iVT International: Read The Article
PSR Analysis: What is interesting about this award is that it is another example of hydrogen powered machines in our industry. The H966 hydrogen combustion engine is said to match an equivalent diesel machine in power, dynamics and responsiveness, so that an operator will notice no difference. The engine has six cylinders and uses port fuel injection (PFI), which Liebherr employs along with direct injection (DI) for its hydrogen engines. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast & Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
