Hydrogen heating technology company HYTING has successfully commissioned its first customer installation. This marks a major milestone for the company and a world-first for the heating sector: the first catalytic hydrogen-powered air-heating system in operation at a customer site.

Located at Flusys GmbH’s newly-established production facility for precision pumps in Offenbach, Germany, the 10-kW air-heating unit is now fully operational and heats a 1,000 cubic-meter space using hydrogen from a nearby supplier.

HYTING’s 10-kW unit is matched to a heat pump to form a hybrid heating system. In this configuration the HYTING unit provides peak heating capacity during periods of high demand or in low ambient temperatures, with the heat pump managing the base heating load while running at its most efficient operating point.

This approach enables optimal system sizing – of both the HYTING unit and the heat pump – and reduces installed electrical capacity while also addressing one of the key cost drivers for commercial buildings: capacity and demand charges. By covering peak loads with hydrogen instead of electricity, customers can reduce operating costs from day one, with fast amortization and minimal system complexity.

As well as heat pumps, HYTING’s technology can also be combined with any other heat source – industrial waste heat, for example – enabling a flexible decarbonization pathway for a wide range of building types. The compact, modular design enables multiple units to be combined to provide greater heating capacity and also ensures that it is suitable for both new installations and retrofits.

Peak heating for commercial and industrial buildings is a key application for HYTING’s technology because these buildings often face high peak heat demand, limited electrical infrastructure and increasing pressure to decarbonize their energy systems. Hydrogen-powered peak heating is an ideal solution – particularly when hydrogen is already available on site or regionally.

Flusys already has many years of extensive experience with hydrogen technologies, and the installation will prove not only the efficacy of HYTING’s technology but also demonstrate that hydrogen can replace natural gas as a cleaner, more sustainable source of heating.

Tim Hannig, Founder and Managing Director of HYTING, said, “Our vision has always been to see hydrogen replace fossil fuels and make an invaluable contribution to decarbonizing the heating sector. Our technology is simple, safe, efficient, and clean, and we’re delighted to see our first customer installation up and running. We’re very proud that Flusys chose to work with us on this world-first, and we look forward to seeing the next systems coming online in the coming months.”

HYTING's technology is based on a proprietary flameless catalytic process in which hydrogen reacts with oxygen from ambient air to generate heat – without producing any CO₂, NOx, or particulate emissions – the only by-product is water vapor. Furthermore, it does not use flammable concentrations of hydrogen at any operating point, making it inherently safe.

The quality and robustness of HYTING’s technology has been proven by one of the world’s leading engineering service providers in a 2,500-hr durability test on a 10-kW heat generator: simulating 10 years of real-world operation, it was completed without failures or measurable wear on safety-critical components. HYTING has also achieved gas appliance regulation (GAR) certification for its technology and is now fully certified for field test operation.