Archigas steps on the gas on the sidelines of the 24-hour race – hydrogen sensor technology successfully tested at Le Mans!
Archigas steps on the gas on the sidelines of the 24-hour race:
H2 sensor technology successfully tested at Le Mans!
Rüsselsheim / Le Mans / July 02, 2025 — Le Mans is more than just a car race. Le Mans is more than the iconic 24-hour competition between great drivers and car manufacturers. Le Mans is more than just one of the most important motorsport events. It is not just a place where cars overtake each other, it is a place where human ingenuity overtakes the present. Every year, the racing spectacle also becomes the ultimate high-tech practical laboratory, where technological solutions are tested that could shape nothing less than the future of our mobility. On the sidelines of this year’s edition, Archigas tested its innovative measurement sensor technology in the Hydrogen Village on the track – for ultra-fast, precise and reliable H2 detection. With success: the tests were convincing across the board.
Hydrogen is highly flammable, and what is flammable generates energy. Energy, in turn, is required to get from A to B. But energy must be controlled. Hardly any other technical field – perhaps even rocketry – knows this as well as motor racing. Here, the systems are exposed to particularly extreme requirements: If these are not met, there is a risk of technical failure or even worse. The solutions must therefore be efficient and safe, and this also applies in particular to the use of hydrogen as an energy source. The goal is worthwhile: an H2 drive is ultimately predestined to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions.
Hydrogen is highly flammable, and what is flammable generates energy. Energy, in turn, is required to get from A to B. But energy must be controlled. Hardly any other technical field – perhaps even rocketry – knows this as well as motor racing. Here, the systems are exposed to particularly extreme requirements: If these are not met, there is a risk of technical failure or even worse. The solutions must therefore be efficient and safe, and this also applies in particular to the use of hydrogen as an energy source. The goal is worthwhile: an H2 drive is ultimately predestined to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions.
proven itself worldwide in electrolysis, fuel cells, H2 in natural gas and other fields of application. Now the system has been put to the test for racing. The speed and precision of the measurements were closely monitored and evaluated.
Archigas product engineer Tom Burkard, was pleased to report during the test in the hydrogen area of the track in Le Mans, said:
The signals were virtually in real time on the monitor, the values were exact and the measurement was absolutely stable,
The sensor detected the supplied hydrogen immediately, even with high H2 dilution in the air. Screwed directly into the line via an aluminum block, the exact hydrogen content to be expected was also determined just as quickly.
Burkard, says:
The device worked excellently in both test variants,
The management of Archigas, who were unable to be at the track themselves due to scheduling conflicts, were also vindicated.
Illya Kaufman and Wladimir Barskyi from the headquarters in Rüsselsheim, said:
In racing, people are particularly interested in speed, in our case the reaction speed of the sensor. At 30 milliseconds, we are literally in the Pole Position,
“Exactly what we were looking for” (Mathieu Walter, H2 motorsport expert) The assessment by Mathieu Walter, H2 technology expert with many years of motorsport expertise, who commissioned and supervised the tests on site, is particularly important. For him, safety is the top priority when using hydrogen, which in turn requires fast and precise detection.
He, concludes positively.
The environment in Le Mans offered us the ideal opportunity for testing, and the tests were successful.
“The measurements were fast and accurate – they were exactly what we were looking for,”
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Archigas steps on the gas on the sidelines of the 24-hour race – hydrogen sensor technology successfully tested at Le Mans!
