associated with utilities, fire water systems, gas condensation, and frost heave prevention under LNG storage tanks. High-temperature SR applications are mainly associated with the site- based power plant steam system, including designs for steam lines, boiler feedwater, blowdown lines, and condensate. The hydrogen generation industry is still largely steam methane reformer (SMR) technology- driven. This is called grey hydrogen. When the CO₂ generated in SMR is captured and stored, the resultant hydrogen is called blue hydrogen. The latest technology to produce what is classified as green hydrogen is based on the electrolytic splitting of the water molecule using green power, resulting in hydrogen and oxygen with no CO₂. High-temperature SR applications in the hydrogen industry are similar to those described for LNG because an SMR plant in many ways is like a power plant producing waste heat steam. Thus, high-temperature applications include steam lines, boiler feedwater, blowdown lines, condensate, and some process maintenance applications associated with fuel gas and the pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units. The CCS industry is growing rapidly and is typically associated with the refining, hydrogen, ammonia, power, steel, and cement industries, which all generate a significant amount of the greenhouse gas CO₂. CO₂ is removed from the flue gas of the
Reliable heat management with self- regulating cables, including high-power retention technology The energy transition mainly focuses on four main industries: LNG, biofuels, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Each of these industries brings unique challenges from a heat management system perspective. These applications range from conventional utility system freeze protect heat tracing applications to critical process maintenance applications associated with very interesting feedstocks being utilised in biofuel facilities. The LNG industry requires a lot of freeze protection and process maintenance designs. In many applications, very cold temperatures can be more of an operational than a heat issue due to the fact that LNG is refrigerated and compressed to a temperature of -162°C/-260°F. At nVent, a lot of research and testing has gone into the development of heating cable technology and components that can be installed at these cryogenic temperatures. Raychem self-regulating (SR) heating cables are used in applications nVent RAYCHEM: Supporting high-temperature mission-critical applications in the energy transition
Biofuels and clean fuels are essential in the energy transition towards attaining carbon neutrality but their production is more complex and comes with extra challenges
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