Exxon Brings Hydrogen Pipeline To Gulf Coast
Louisiana is oiling up for a hydrogen network.
Exxon Mobil has entered in to a long-term contract with Air Products for constructing a new Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) Hydrogen production facility in Louisiana. The facility will be connected to Air Products’ Louisiana Hydrogen Pipeline Network and will service Exxon Mobil’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery.
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It will also provide services to other customers in the region and is expected to be online by March 2010.
Air Products has collaborated with Exxon Mobil in other hydrogen based facilities in both Baytown, Texas and Joliet, Illinois.
“We are very pleased to expand our global business relationship with ExxonMobil. Air Products takes great pride in its production facilities and hydrogen supply reliability, and this project will enable us to demonstrate the added value of our expanded Louisiana Hydrogen Pipeline Network,” said Alex Masetti, vice president, North America Tonnage Gases for Air Products.
Supplying refineries with hydrogen for cleaner burning fuels is one of Air Products’ main areas of growth. In fact, Air Products has the largest hydrogen pipeline in the US Gulf Coast, which supplies more than fifty refineries.
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Carney must be sniffing ethonal!Ethonal was one of my causes until I thought it out and looked around and found out that it was using up land for food.It also kept us dependent on oil,because in the present form it is mixed with gasoline to extend gasoline use.Hydrogen has that problem to some extent,because it takes oil or nuclear,,,,,electricity to break down the hydrogen in water or in natural gas to have hydrogen fuel.Hydrogen can be made with wood ash and water and electricity,but that is small scale.We need large scale and conservation to produce larger amounts of hydrogen for energy and fuel use.Don’t be so bloody greedy and learn to conserve and not be a freaking roadblock!!
Huh…methanol? You know what else contains hydrogen, is cheap, and produces NO harmfull emissions? Water. But Exxon will never let that happen, I’m sure.
As I posted on another thread on this site, I am very interested in learning more about hydrogen, it’s production and it’s use.
Steve mentioned using solar cells, table salt and water to produce it. That’s basic grade school science, but I must admit embarrasingly that it’s been a few decades since I was in grade school, and I have forgotten things like the salt-to-water ratio. I have a few more questions that I would like to put in front of the braintrust here (I mean that as a sincere compliment). For instance, if I am using a plate-type generator, what is the number/size of plates-to volume of water ratio? Is there a formula that doesn’t Einsteinian brainpower to use that would tell me how much hydrogen is produced per square inch of plate?
I’m sure I could find these things out for my self, imperically and over time, but I am by no means a scientist and may overlook critical clues.
I have a personal interest in this because, pursuant to what Patrick said, I have no faith in government and realize that the best solutions throughout history have come from the people, not the politicians. And so, I am developing a business plan to produce crate engines which are powered by alternative fuels (ethanol, CNG & hydrogen)for car enthusiasts (i.e. hot rods, muscle cars and collector cars) who want to enjoy their toy without making OPEC richer or harming the environment.
Any suggestions or information will be greatly appreciated, and I plan to put all my proven research out to the public to help break Big Oil’s grip on our wallets and lives.