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The Project

 


 

The Team

We are a group of third-year students at ISAT (Institut Supérieur de l'Automobile et des Transports), an engineering school . We founded the IH2 association in 2024. Our goal is to work on the retrofit of internal combustion engines to hydrogen, with the aim of promoting hydrogen within the student community.

The Technology

Hydrogen retrofitting involves replacing or adapting certain parts of a vehicle's engine that runs on fossil fuels to enable it to run on hydrogen.

This approach serves a dual ecological purpose. Firstly, it aims to reduce pollution during the vehicle's use, as hydrogen combustion is far less polluting compared to traditional fuels. In addition, retrofitting extends the life of an existing engine, thus avoiding the manufacture of new engines.

IH2 positions itself as one of the pioneers of student-driven hydrogen initiatives.

Particularly in France, where the creation of a internal combustion engine running on hydrogen by non-graduate students has never been achieved.

Our Goals

Create a "Proof Of Concept" ​engine

The first goal of our project is to create a technological demonstrator in order to better understand the challenges of retrofitting internal combustion engines to hydrogen and to prepare ourselves to achieve our next objectives.

​ Develop an engine for another ISAT project.

After the technology demonstrator, the project will aim to produce a hydrogen engine that will be used by another ISAT project. This will require adhering to a detailed set of specifications in order to enter a competition

Integrate the engine into the vehicle developed in collaboration with another project.
IH2 will need to collaborate with another project to integrate the engine into the vehicle, as well as designing the storage and distribution system for hydrogen within the vehicle.
Become a hydrogen propulsion hub within ISAT.

IH2 should then be able to provide engines to other ISAT projects, becoming a hydrogen propulsion hub. The project could also open up to other uses of hydrogen, for example in fuel cells or for aviation.