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C
oncepts surrounding the hydrogen
economy are quickly
becoming practically realized
as industries turn their focus
to decarbonization initiatives. To address
this rapidly evolving sector,
the HydrogeNext conference (www.
hydrogenextevent.com), taking place
October 3-5 at the Gaylord Rockies
Resort & Conference Center (photo,
p. 28) in Denver, Colo., is bringing
together technical and business experts
to share their knowledge about
the full hydrogen value chain, including
production
technologies,
handling,
storage and safety considerations,
as well as updates on carbon
capture and significant use cases.
Safety is of particular importance for
the advancement of hydrogen-based
decarbonization strategies.
According to the Compressed Gas
Association (www.cganet.com), only
12% of Americans believe that hydrogen
is a " very safe " energy source,
and 92% of Americans say it is important
to ensure safety standards are set
before we begin expanding and scaling
up hydrogen technologies. At HydrogeNext,
CGA president and CEO,
Rich Gottwald, will give a presentation
about the Safety is Step One initiative,
which is focused on emphasizing existing
hydrogen standards and developing
new standards for emerging hydrogenrelated
applications. " We cannot make
the revolution a reality without assuring
that hydrogen technology is handled
safely and that this is communicated to
the consumer, " says Gottwald. Other
highlights of the HydrogeNext program
include the presentation of successful
hydrogen-economy use cases from
industry leaders like Worley, Southern
Company, GE Power, Kiewit and more.
The following Show Preview includes
the HydrogeNext agenda and describes
two of the HydrogeNext exhibitors
and their technology offerings for
the hydrogen economy.
Vacuum pump systems for
hydrogen handling
Liquid hydrogen storage and transport
requires vacuum-insulated vessels
to minimize heat transfer. This
application requires pumping air from
the vacuum insulation space to the
milliTorr pressure range. The Varodry
and Ruvac WSU vacuum pumping
systems (photo) are appropriate for
such hydrogen-handling applications
because they do not require cooling
water. There is also a number of
ranges with ATEX and EXP motor options
available, including: Trivac, Dryvac,
Ruvac, Leyvac, Screwline, Turbopump,
Ecodry and Scrollvac. Booth
118 - Leybold USA Inc., Export, Pa.
www.leyboldproducts.us
Demonstration project for
fuel-cell-powered datacenter
This company - in collaboration with
Microsoft and Ballard Power Systems
- has launched a three-year project
to demonstrate a power system incorporating
a large-format hydrogen
fuel cell to produce reliable and sustainable
backup power for datacenters.
The project is supported and
partially funded by the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE) under the H2@
Scale initiative and backed by the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL). The partners are demonstrating
a 1.5-MW backup power-delivery
and control system that would meet
or exceed the performance of current
diesel-engine systems. As the prime
contractor on the project, Caterpillar
is providing the overall system integration,
power electronics and controls
that form the central structure of the
power solution, which will be fueled by
low-carbon-intensity hydrogen. Microsoft
is hosting the demonstration
project at a company datacenter in
Quincy, Wash. (photo, bottom), while
Ballard is supplying an advanced hydrogen
fue-cell module (photo, top).
The NREL is performing analyses on
safety, economics and greenhousegas
impacts. The demonstration will
provide key insights into the capability
of fuel-cell systems to serve multimegawatt
datacenters by providing
uninterruptible power that supports
99.999% uptime requirements. The
project will also explore the scalability
of fuel-cell systems powered by
low carbon-intensity-hydrogen from
cost and performance perspectives,
including 48-h operation using onsite
fuel, power transfer time and load acceptance.
Booth 201 - Caterpillar
Inc., Deerfield, Ill.
www.cat.com
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