Swagelok Helsinki provides components, assemblies and expert services to the hydrogen industry
Small molecular but energy-efficient hydrogen requires not only particularly tight joints, but also high pressure resistance and high-quality component materials.
Hydrogen systems - Swagelok Helsinki
Swagelok Helsinki offers a comprehensive range of system components for hydrogen production, transport, compression, storage, sampling and cylinder filling.
By combining our globally tested products with local application expertise, we can help our customers manage leakage risks, improve safety and ensure reliable operation of hydrogen systems throughout their lifecycle - from research and pilot plants to industrial scale.
What can we offer the hydrogen industry?
Swagelok Hydrogen-compatible product ranges
From a technical and metallurgical perspective, almost all Swagelok® products are suitable for hydrogen systems. The list below includes both general product groups and specifically designated product families for hydrogen and other demanding process media.
We offer technical advice to support your component selection to ensure you get the right solution for your application.
- Swagelok tube fittings and tubes
- Swagelok Custom Solutions® assemblies, including filling, distribution, priority and control panels
- Tubing system design and installation training for hydrogen
- Swagelok Ramp Regulator, pressure regulator for hydrogen refuelling applications
- Pressure Regulators
- VCO® O-ring sealing fittings
- VCR® metal gasket fittings
- FK series fittings and tubing
- FK series check valve
- FKB series ball valves
- IPT series and check valves
- IPT series cone and thread connectors and pipes
- AFS series ball valves
- Pressure gauges
- Threaded fittings
- FJ series hoses
- FL series hoses
- FM series hoses
- FX series hoses
We provide design and assembly services for the hydrogen industry
We carry out assembly work based on the customer's plans at our own premises in Vantaa. If required, we offer consulting assistance from our Swagelok-certified experts to develop and verify application designs.
We have implemented solutions for several hydrogen applications. In the table below you can browse through more detailed example products.
- Electrolysers
- Microgrids
- Fuel cells
- Virtual pipelines / pipe trailers
- Refuelling stations and related infrastructure
- Internal combustion engines (ICE) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV)
- Distribution equipment and priority panels
- Analyser and sampling systems
Examples of hydrogen system applications in Swagelok configurations
| Product/Solution | Market sub-segment | Application | Purpose | Media |
| H2 coated sample cylinders | Electrolysis | Electrolysis | Sampling on pilot plant and external sites | Hydrogen |
| Nitrogen SCO Enclosure for Hydrogen Electrolyzer Purge system | H2 production - Electrolysis | Electrolysis | High purity nitrogen supply system for PEM electrolyzer | Nitrogen |
| Liquide grab sampling system | H2 production - Electrolysis | Electrolysis | Sampling for electrolyzer water | Water |
| PEM electrolyzer panels | H2 production - Electrolysis | Electrolysis | Panels are supllying hydrogen at 30 barg and vent oxygen to atmosphere, routing excess water | Hydrogen |
| Pressure let-down panel | H2/CNG compression & refueling | on/off loading | Vehicle refuelling station pressure control panel | Hydrogen |
| Multi cylinder pack manifolds | H2/CNG compression & refueling | Virtual pipeline | Multi cylinder pack manifolds for hydrogen virtual pipeline/ mobility market | Hydrogen |
| Panel for MEGC container | H2/CNG compression & refueling | Virtuali pipeline | Multi cylinder pack manifolds for hydrogen virtual pipeline/ mobility market | Hydrogen |
| Hydrogen valve switching panel | H2/CNG compression & refueling | Cascade | Panel what controls and monitors consistent hydrogen fueling from multiple sources | Hydrogen |
| Fuel cell test bench | H2/CNG compression & refueling | on/off loading | Panel ensures precise hydrogen delivery rigorius fuel cell testing under controlled pressure conditions | Hydrogen |
| Mobile overflow system for refueling | H2/CNG compression & refueling | Mobile refueler | System ensures a seamless transfer of hydrogen from the storage bundle or cylinder directly into the vehicle bypassing any compression prosess | Hydrogen |
| Grab sampling panel for hydrogen refueling | H2/CNG compression & refueling | Sampling | Grab sampling panel for hydrogen refueling per standards ASTM D7606-17 | Hydrogen |
Our expert services for the hydrogen industry
On top of our product range, we offer comprehensive support from our expertise in product selection, solution design and assembly for challenging gas and liquid systems.
- Installation, product and material selection training for personnel working with hydrogen systems
- Technical product support for component and solution procurement
- Swagelok field engineer analysis and consulting services at customer sites
- Assemblies, clean room assemblies at our facilities
- Solution design, CAD modelling
- Project sales and delivery management
Our Swagelok field engineer certified technicians can perform installation checks and consultation as well as repair surveys at customer sites. Pictured are our field engineers Oskar Breilin and Vytautas Navickas in the field.