BEBLUE provides high-end engineering services in cryogenic and hydrogen testing solutions.
We are also renowned for our expertise in the design, build and operation of custom-made complex test rigs.
From our base in Belgium, BEBLUE offers services focused on three core areas:
Testing customers components and complex systems under cryogenic and hydrogen dynamic conditions is our core business.
BEBLUE operates configurable tests rigs for cryogenic testing of components and complex systems (a.o. bearings, dynamic seals, injectors, valves, Pumps, e-Pumps, Turbo Pumps) under demanding conditions (a.o. high-pressure cryogenic fluid with important flow rates and subject to static or high-frequency loads from all directions). Our test rigs are heavily instrumented with sensors (pressure, vibration, hygrometry, temperature, speed..) installed in difficult-to-access positions (such as inside shafts, in direct contact with the tested component or at hard-to-reach angles) which deliver a wide range of data measures.
BEBLUE offers extended test capabilities in a hydrogen environment to support customer developments from general testing to material characterization under various standards. BEBLUE allows the characterization testing of components (valves, pumps, reservoirs..) as well as PEM & SOFC fuel cells and complex fuel cell systems under a wide range of operating conditions (a.o. hydrogen supply mass flow rates and pressures, fuel cells power outputs, air supply mass flow rate, pressure, temperature and hygrometry).
Characterising materials within dynamic cryogenic or hydrogen environments can be achieved through various testing techniques which are not readily available in such demanding conditions. Reach out to our team to further discuss your requirements, and figure out the right solution with our Engineering Office.
This technique allows quantifying friction and wear of materials. The pin-on-disk tribometer can be used in several cryogenic environments, including both liquid and gaseous nitrogen and oxygen. BEBLUE can test both alternate and coninuous disk movements.
As per standard D2512-95, this test method allows the determination of compatibility and relative sensitivity of materials with liquid oxygen under impact energy using the Army Ballistic Missile Agency(ABMA)-type impact tester.
Known as calorimetric bomb tests, this technique evaluates the temperature of ignition of materials. In the French standard NF EN 1797-1, the material is heated up to 550°C with increments of 5°C/min at a pressure of 120 bar.
BEBLUE offers the unique capability to test and characterize material and components under a pressure up to 1000 bars. This qualifies materials under highly constrained conditions.
Our platform enables testing, validation and certification of innovative material in its various forms under a wide range of pressures and temperatures (from 20K to ambient). Specifically, our new testing platform allows quantifying the tensile and fatigue properties of materials exposed to cryogenic or gaseous hydrogen.
BEBLUE works directly with companies providing expertise to develop your own cryogenic testing capabilities. Our expertise can support with project management, test management, test rig design and integration, and reporting. These services are already proving to be a critical need to support the rapidly growing use of hydrogen.
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BEBLUE targets core markets with its testing capabilities.
Academic research has always been at the forefront of cryogenic testing. Our facility is closely tied to the University of Liege for this very reason. BEBLUE can support with training and research with access to our purpose built facilities.
BEBLUE is supporting the maritime energy transition and decarbonization efforts. We offer engineering and testing capabilities for the development and certification of your cryogenic applications.
Hydrogen offers a unique opportunity for a host of e-mobility applications, notably aviation. Transitioning to utilising hydrogen will not be an easy process - BEBLUE is here to help, support and advise.
Space is an obvious area where our cryogenic expertise is most relevant. Our test centre is already recognised by the European Space Agency. BEBLUE is focused on supporting the new space, private and commercial markets.
Located within Liege Sciences Park - Sart Tilman, our shared facility features multiple testing capabilities and rigs, fluid storage tanks, and purpose built buildings and infrastructure that enable our full range of capabilities. The facility has the ability to run over 700 sensors and measurement lines.
Rue Grande Traverse, n°3
Bâtiment 17b
B-4000 Liège
Belgium
Reach out to us if you would like visit our test centre.
Special thanks to our partners:
Head Office
Avenue du Pré Aily n°25
4031 Liège
Belgium
Engineering Office
CRM Site, Tiny House
Allée de l’innovation
4000 Liège
Belgium
Test Facilities
Building 17b
Grande Traverse n°3
4000 Liège
Belgium
