PRO-SCIENCE - GESELLSCHAFT FUR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE UND TECHNISCHE DIENSTLEISTUNGEN MBH

Their core work

Pro-Science is a German scientific and technical services SME that specializes in hydrogen safety research, with a particular focus on pre-normative research (PNR) — the foundational studies that feed directly into safety standards and regulations. They apply computational methods, specifically Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element (FE) modeling, to simulate and analyze the consequences of hydrogen accidents in real-world infrastructure scenarios. Their work addresses both liquid hydrogen handling and gaseous hydrogen in transport contexts such as tunnels and confined spaces. In practical terms, they generate the scientific evidence that regulators and standardization bodies need to write safety rules for emerging hydrogen technologies.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their H2020 trajectory begins with broad liquid hydrogen safety research (PRESLHY, 2018), where the emphasis was on generating foundational safety data for a fuel that lacked an established safety framework. By their second project (HyTunnel-CS, 2019), the focus had sharpened into computational consequence modeling — specifically validated CFD and FE simulations — applied to the concrete engineering problem of hydrogen vehicles in tunnels. This shift from empirical safety research to model-based consequence analysis suggests growing technical depth in simulation-driven safety assessment rather than expansion into new domains.

Pro-Science is moving from general hydrogen safety experimentation toward specialized computational modeling for infrastructure risk scenarios, making them increasingly relevant as hydrogen transport networks scale up and demand validated simulation tools for safety certification.

How they like to work

Pro-Science has participated exclusively as a consortium partner — never as a project coordinator — across both recorded projects. Both projects involve large international consortia (16 unique partners across 11 countries for just 2 projects), typical of PNR efforts that aggregate expertise from multiple national research bodies. This suggests they function as a focused technical contributor within larger collaborative frameworks, rather than as a consortium builder or network anchor.

Pro-Science has worked with 16 unique partners across 11 countries, a notably broad network for an organization with only 2 projects — reflecting the large, multi-national consortia characteristic of pre-normative safety research. No dominant geographic cluster is apparent from the available data.

What sets them apart

Pro-Science occupies a rare niche as a small German technical services firm with direct experience in pre-normative hydrogen safety research — the research that becomes tomorrow's safety codes. Their combination of liquid hydrogen expertise and validated CFD/FE modeling positions them at the intersection of scientific rigor and regulatory relevance, a profile that is uncommon among SMEs. For a consortium that needs a credible technical contributor on hydrogen safety certification or tunnel risk assessment, they offer focused expertise without the overhead of a large research institute.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PRESLHY
  Largest budget project (€268,200) and the foundational H2020 work on liquid hydrogen safety, directly targeting the pre-normative gap in EU hydrogen standards.
• HyTunnel-CS
  Addresses the specific and growing engineering challenge of hydrogen vehicle safety in tunnels, with a focus on producing validated computational models suitable for regulatory adoption.