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Session Chair: Ivor Rhodes Co-Chair: Halil Lacevic
Location:B200
Presentations
Hydrogen Compression Challenges for Net Zero Targets
Ian M Arbon
Engineered Solutions, United Kingdom
Everyone is now familiar with Governments’ ambitions for ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and many believe that Hydrogen will be a major building block to achieve this target. Whether or not this will be the outcome, the compressor industry needs to be prepared for major challenges in meeting the huge, anticipated demand in what has hitherto been a fairly niche market. This paper will examine the present levels of experience with hydrogen compression in six specific identified applications within the Hydrogen Value Chain (H2VC) and examine the main challenges facing further development of hydrogen compression to meet the Net Zero Targets in these areas.
The hydrogen compression market is currently dominated by low-speed process industry (API618) reciprocating compressors; these are very well proven on hydrogen but have relatively low volumetric flowrates and high capital cost. At smaller volumetric flowrates, new types of compressor are becoming available or are under development but the only alternatives for larger flowrates are centrifugal and rotary screw types, which have much greater swallowing capacity but have been little used in the past for pure hydrogen. Ian Arbon draws from his decades of experience in sustainable development, hydrogen compression and climate change mitigation/adaptation to examine the current state of play in the industry.
