Air Liquide Technology Converts Ammonia Into Hydrogen at Industrial Scale
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This industrial-scale ammonia cracking technology unlocks efficient hydrogen transportation, paving the way for broader adoption of hydrogen as a clean energy carrier for developers and large power consumers.
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- •Air Liquide has successfully launched the world's first industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot unit, converting 30 tons/day of ammonia into hydrogen at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.
- •This innovation provides a critical, missing technological link for the viable, large-scale transportation of hydrogen by converting it to ammonia for transport and then back to hydrogen at the point of use.
- •The technology significantly de-risks hydrogen logistics, potentially accelerating the adoption of hydrogen as a clean fuel for industrial processes, power generation, and other large-scale energy applications.
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Air Liquide announced the successful start-up of the world’s first industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot unit with a 30-tons-per-day ammonia-to-hydrogen conversion capacity at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. This groundbreaking innovation, announced November 13, demonstrates a key missing technology brick to a viable pathway for converting ammonia into hydrogen, and unlocks challenges of transportation of hydrogen. […] The post Air Liquide Technology Converts Ammonia Into Hydrogen at Industrial Scale appeared first on POWER Magazine .