Hydrogen Transport

Air Products activities to accelerate Hydrogen Mobility is a multiyear, to meet the demand of an emerging market designed to overcome one of the hydrogen economy’s most critical barriers: the ability to transport and deliver hydrogen reliably across road, maritime, and aviation sectors.

By providing liquid hydrogen that can serve multiple mobility markets, the activities enable fleet scale zero emission operations today while laying the foundation for future growth.

Actual projects include Europe’s largest liquid hydrogen bus refuelling station for Metrobus in Crawley (UK); liquid hydrogen supply for Feadship’s world first hydrogen powered superyacht MRV Breakthrough (NL); a liquid hydrogen refuelling station for liquid fuelling of Mercedes Benz GenH2 for test fleets of Daimler Truck AG. In aviation, MoUs with major airports, airlines and OEMs - including Schiphol, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, KLM and Airbus - advance future hydrogen refuelling concepts.

Together, these projects deliver a replicable blueprint for hydrogen mobility infrastructure worldwide.

NextGen - THE INNOVATION in the market for heavy-duty (H-D) fuel cells.

NextGen shows how fuel cells can be optimized for demands of H-D long-haul transport and other H-D applications.

Optimized total cost of ownership (TCO):

• approx. 20% lower fuel consumption (<6 kg H2/100 km for fully loaded 40-ton truck under real-world driving conditions)
• continuous net power up to 375kW
•  ≈ 40% higher power density
• waste heat at high loads reduced by about 40% (smaller cooling installation in the truck enabling increased cargo space & optimized payload)

Maximum economies of scale:

• single system approach
• reduced complexity of application engineering & minimized number components
• one product strategy for consequent scaling & maximum economies of scale
• multiple fields of H-D applications: long-haul trucking, Coaches, Mining, Rail, Stationary Power Supply

Geared toward wide range of demanding truck driving profiles in EU, NA and beyond.

The TiNTHyN project aims to conduct collaborative, high-level scientific research in the field of hydrogen . The goal is to foster skills development and accelerate the maturation of innovative, low-TRL (2-4) hydrogen technologies, thereby addressing the industrial needs of stakeholders and the challenges of the sector. The objectives are:

The creation of a solid base at the Walloon Region level for academic expertise in hydrogen, by establishing a core of early-career researchers (doctoral students) who are widely trained and have an extensive network.

The initiation of new collaborations on hydrogen challenges and the exchange of knowledge within all Walloon research institutions to meet European challenges.

For more details regarding the project kindly find www.tinthyn.be

H2MOF, incorporated in 2021 by the late Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart and Nobel Laureate Professor Omar Yaghi, and Dr. Samer Taha, is revolutionizing hydrogen storage to support the global energy transition to clean energy. Based in Irvine, California, H2MOF addresses one of the most critical challenges of the hydrogen economy: safe and efficient storage and transport of hydrogen. Leveraging decades of research and scientific advancement from the late Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, a pioneer in molecular machines, and Professor Omar Yaghi, the founder of reticular chemistry, H2MOF is developing solid-state hydrogen storage solutions that operate at ambient temperatures and low pressures.

With its novel reticular materials, nano-engineered at atomic level, H2MOF is positioned to transform hydrogen storage and enable the mass-adoption of hydrogen. Their solutions allow for safer, more efficient transport and storage of hydrogen.

Air Liquide's Advanced Delivery System (ADS) is a patented and disruptive innovation designed to significantly enhance the efficiency of liquid hydrogen (LH2) delivery, specifically targeting the challenges of boil-off during transport and transfer.

> Minimized Loss and Boil-off: Unlike traditional delivery methods that rely on 'pressure building' (which introduces heat and causes significant vaporization), ADS uses a pump to transfer LH2 while maintaining equal pressure between the trailer and the customer's tank. This ventless, heatless transfer reduces total fuel loss to under 10%.

>Faster Delivery: Improved mass flow rates and automated controls allow ADS to cut refueling times in half.

> Improved Pump Performance: By delivering colder liquid, ADS improves the performance of refueling station pumps.

> Increased Payload: Because the LH2 is delivered at higher density.

And more!

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