HyMotor
Clean and efficient energy
with simplicity and reliability
Our mission
At HyMotor, we are committed to providing clean power with no trade-offs.
Efficiency
By designing the power generator to have near-constant volume combustion
and recovering waste heat,
HyMotor reduces fuel consumption.
Sustainability
Lean combustion and no critical materials
unlock environmentally
and economically sustainable
power production with HyMotor
Flexibility
HyMotor's ability to operate with
natural gas, hydrogen or methanol
ensures its adaptability to
future energy landscapes.
Our value
The solution
HyMotor offers an integrated trigeneration solution tailored for datacenters: electric and cold power from a single simple and reliable system.
Indeed, datacenters are increasingly constrained by cooling demand, grid congestion, water consumption and backup energy requirements.
Today, these problems are usually solved with separate and expensive systems: backup generators and electric chillers.
This creates inefficiencies, higher emissions and additional infrastructure costs.
How it works?
HyMotor uses near-constant volume combustion in a recuperative cycle to achieve high conversion efficiency with a patent-pending design.
Cold power is produced with an integrated air cycle machine, for low-maintenance, no water consumption and low initial cost.
The system is built with non-critical materials for sustainability and supply chain maturity.
HyMotor can also operate with multiple fuels, as hydrogen or biogas or natural gas.
Team
HyMotor is formed by two researchers and a professor of the department of energy of Politecnico di Milano with experience in hydrogen systems and experimental research. HyMotor is advised by a pool of professors with expertise in energy conversion systems, hydrogen technologies, and internal combustion engines.
Francesco Battistella
CEO
Thomas Dalberto
CTO
Gianluca Valenti
CSO
Ennio Macchi
Advisor
Stefano Campanari
Advisor
Tommaso Lucchini
Advisor
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How does HyMotor differ from fuel cells?
HyMotor convert fuel into mechanical energy via constant volume combustion in a reciprocating expander. On the other hand, fuel cells convert fuel directly into electrical energy via electrochemical reactions, requiring more controlled operating conditions difficult to monitor at larger scales and expensive catalysts or high temperatures.
Q. How does HyMotor differ from internal combustion engines?
Inside HyMotor cylinders there is no compression but only combustion and expansion. The compression is carried exclusively by turbomachines, before the heat recovery. HyMotor thermodynamic cycle is therefore fundamentally different from both Otto and Diesel cycles where most of the compression occur inside the cylinders. Turbochargers in internal combustion engines only assist in the intake process increasing power density.
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