Green future with hydrogen technologies – a new teaching concept

Hydrogen (H
2
) is seen as a key technology for achieving Europe’s climate and energy goals in order to follow the European Decarbonization Strategy. Consequently, technological knowledge for the establishment of a hydrogen technology sector has to be built up by developing synergies between enterprises, R&D centers and higher educational institutions. However, modern technical education does not cover these technologies at a sufficient extent and therefore, teaching young people in this field is one of our tasks and seen as the basic prerequisite to achieve the set goal.In this context, a teaching concept has been carried out within the framework of the SI-AT Interreg Project H2GreenTECH in which the fundamental knowledge about hydrogen technologies has been introduced.In the actual paper, the implementation of our educational concept about hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are reported which are comprised in our current curriculum. The course consists of four theory sessions including the theoretical background, e.g. thermodynamics and kinetics of fuel cells, and the system integration needed for operating fuel cell systems. Furthermore, safety issues and fuel cell aging are discussed. To consider the practical aspects, two laboratory sessions are integrated. Experiments within the latter sessions include basic measurements as well as advanced operation with industrial fuel cell stacks of an automotive training system and prepare the students to integrate fuel cells into real-world applications. As a result, the implementation and delivery of the course to a student group has been executed and hence the feasibility of the concept has been demonstrated. An evaluation by the students enables the further development of the course.