Praxair Commercializes Industry's Only Hydrogen Storage System.DANBURY, Conn. -- Praxair, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PX) has begun supplying its pipeline hydrogen customers out of its innovative hydrogen storage
Hydrogen storage is the main technological problem of a viable hydrogen economy. Some attention has been given to the role of hydrogen to provide grid energy storage for unpredictable energy sources, like facility in Texas. The underground storage cavern, the only one of its kind in the industrial gases industry, is designed to provide Praxair's customers with hydrogen during periods of planned and unplanned peak demand. The storage facility is integrated into Praxair's 310-mile hydrogen pipeline, serving more than 50 refineries and chemical plants from Texas City, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles can also refer to Lake Charles, Nova Scotia a lake in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia Lake Charles . "This unique facility further demonstrates Praxair's leadership in exceeding customer expectations and our commitment to be the supplier of choice for refineries and other customers in the Gulf Coast area," said Anne Roby, vice president, South Region, for Praxair's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Industrial Gases business unit. Praxair's Gulf Coast pipeline network has the capability of supplying 600 million cubic feet per day (16 million cubic meters Noun 1. cubic meter - a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters cubic metre, kiloliter, kilolitre metric capacity unit - a capacity unit defined in metric terms per day) of hydrogen on a steady-state basis, with peaking capacity of 700 million cubic feet per day (18 million cubic meters per day). Demand for Praxair's hydrogen on the U.S. Gulf Coast is expected to increase by 15% to 20% per year through 2010 based on refiners' needs to comply with Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and regulations and the increasing volumes of high-sulfur crude oil being processed by refineries. Hydrogen removes sulfur from gasoline and other fuels during the refining process. In addition to hydrogen, Praxair supplies refining customers with a complete portfolio of large-volume industrial gases, cylinder gases and specialized services. The company operates 34 steam methane reformers and seven hydrogen pipeline systems around the world that deliver about 950 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and one of the largest worldwide, with 2006 sales of $8.3 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair's products, services and technologies bring productivity and environmental benefits to a diverse group of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, electronics, energy, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others. More information on Praxair is available on the Internet at www.praxair.com. |
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