Clean hydrogen energy from repurposed gasification plant A former gasification plant is set to become one of the largest carbon capture and clean hydrogen production facilities in the US to date
Bhargav Sharma and Mark Schott Honeywell UOP Dan Williams Wabash Valley Resources
A tmospheric CO 2 levels continue to climb. NOAA has reported the May 2021 monthly average to be 416 ppm. 1 This is the highest level in the last 800,000 years. The previous high was approximately 350 years ago and only reached 300 ppm. These elevated CO 2 levels have already led to temperature increases and large weather fluctuations. The NASA global land-ocean temperature index has increased by approximate 1°C since 1880. 1 Sea levels are rising, up about 200 mm 2 in the last 120 years. However, that rate of increase has accelerated in the last 25 years to about 3.4 mm/year. 2
To avoid the worst impacts of global warming, many experts have recommended the increased use of clean hydrogen (H 2 ) across many industries. Low-carbon H 2 is considered to be a significant route to decarbonise many industries, including power, steel and cement. H 2 can also be a significant route to decarbonise difficult industries such as the transportation industry, especially for long-haul heavy-duty trucks. The IEA 3 reported that in 2019 only 0.36 Mt/yr of low-carbon H 2 was in production, with another ~1.5 Mt/yr announced. The IEA SDS plan calls for ~8 Mt/yr of low-carbon H 2 to be available by 2030.
Wabash CO 2 recovery plant
Source: Honeywell UOP
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