Vopak, Hydrogenious LOHC partner to build hydrogen supply chains
Dutch terminal company Vopak and Germany-based Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies aim to develop hydrogen supply chains based on Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) Technology within the existing infrastructure.
PHOTO: A rendered image of a LOHC Storage Plant. Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies
LOHC Logistix, a joint venture between the companies, will utilise Hydrogenious' LOHC technology to store, transport and supply hydrogen.
The technology uses organic compounds that can absorb and release hydrogen through chemical reactions. These compounds can be used as storage media for hydrogen, as it reduces safety hazards associated with the transportation of hydrogen - one of the primary deterrents to its adoption as an alternative fuel.
LOHC achieves this by using thermal oil benzyl toluene as a liquid organic hydrogen carrier. Benzyl toluene can then be stored and transported as a conventional fossil fuel, thereby eliminating the need for any changes to the existing infrastructure.
Benzyl toluene can be used multiple times to absorb and release hydrogen as needed.
PHOTO: The LOHC Circle of hydrogen absorption and release. Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies
The companies intend to accelerate the development of a planned LOHC storage plant at Chempark Dormagen, Germany and a hydrogen release plant at Rotterdam, Netherlands to establish a hydrogen supply chain.
Hydrogenious LOHC’s founder and chief executive, Dr Daniel Teichmann, believes “there exists a huge capacity of storage tanks, sea vessels, inland tankers and tank trucks for the storage and transportation of liquid fossil fuels” globally and that Hydrogenious can turn “all this valuable infrastructure into the hydrogen infrastructure of the future using our LOHC technology.”
Teichmann added that the Chempark Dormagen and Rotterdam project will act as “a blueprint for a future even more comprehensive network across Europe and the Middle East and beyond.”
By Tuhin Roy
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