World premiere: Air Liquide Inaugurates its CO2 Cold Capture System, CryocapTM
06 November 2015 - 3:35AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Today, in France, Air Liquide (Paris:AI) inaugurated
Cryocap™, a unique industrial installation that enables the capture
of CO2 released during hydrogen production via a
cryogenic process. Connected to
Air Liquide’s largest hydrogen production unit in France,
located in Port-Jérôme, Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (Normandy),
Cryocap™ represents an investment of around 30 million euros that
was decided by the Group in 2012, and which received an additional
public financial support1 of close to 9 million
euros.
Developed jointly by Air Liquide R&D and Engineering
& Construction teams, Cryocap™ is being rolled out for the
first time in Port-Jérôme, on the SMR (Steam Methane Reformer 2) of
Air Liquide which produces hydrogen for the neighboring refinery,
Esso Raffinage SAF (ExxonMobil group). Hydrogen is used to remove
the sulfur content of the automotive fuels the refinery produces,
in order to bring them into compliance with environmental standards
in the transportation sector.
Cryocap™ is the first CO2 capture technology
using a cryogenic process3. Cryocap™ enables the
capture of CO2 emissions resulting from the
production of hydrogen by natural gas reforming, while improving
efficiency, leading to an increased hydrogen production.
After being purified, the captured CO2 can be used to meet a
variety of industrial needs for carbonic gas supply (carbonation of
sparkling beverages, food preservation and freezing, etc.). The
Cryocap™ unit has an annual capture capacity of 100 000
tonnes of CO2 at this site.
This innovation is part of Air Liquide’s broader Blue
Hydrogen* approach, whose goal is the gradual decarbonization
of the Group’s production of hydrogen dedicated to energy
applications, opening the way for 100% clean mobility.
François Darchis, member of the Air Liquide Executive
Committee supervising Innovation, commented: “We take particular
pride in rolling out for the first time in France Cryocap™, a
technology which illustratesAir Liquide’s ability to
innovate for environmental preservation. Cryocap™ contributes to
decarbonized hydrogen mobility for the hydrogen-powered electric
vehicles on the market.”
*Blue HydrogenIs an Air
Liquide program whose goal is to gradually decarbonize its
production of hydrogen dedicated to energy applications. In
practical terms, Air Liquide has made a commitment to produce at
least 50% of the hydrogen necessary for these applications through
carbon-free processes by 2020 by combining:
• the use of renewable energies, water electrolysis, and biogas
reforming
• the use of the technologies for the capture and upgrading of
carbon emitted during the process of producing hydrogen from
natural gas.
Hydrogen, a clean energyUsed
in a fuel cell, hydrogen combines with oxygen from the air to
produce electricity while releasing only water. Hydrogen can be
produced from diverse sources of energy, including natural gas, but
also from many renewable energy sources. This makes hydrogen one of
the solutions for the supply of clean energy, while its storage
capacity offers a guarantee of supply safety.
Air Liquide France
IndustrieAir Liquide France Industrie is a subsidiary of
the Air Liquide Group and brings together all of the Group’s
industrial gas production and commercialization activities in
France, with 3 complementary business lines: Large Industries,
Industrial Merchant, and Electronics. The subsidiary has nearly
2 400 employees working at 80 sites located across France and
helping more than 300 000 customers optimize their performance
durably: from craftsmen to petrochemical companies and from
analytic laboratories to the automobile aeronautic, steel and
agrifood industries.
The Engineering and Construction
activity (Global E&C Solutions)The Engineering and
Construction activity (Global E&C Solutions) builds the Group’s
production units (mainly air gas separation and hydrogen production
units) and also supplies third-party customers with these units.
From design to engineering and construction, its exclusive and
innovative technologies are making a contribution to the
transformation of the energy sector and to the protection of the
environment.
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than
50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and
patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of
the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s
ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term
performance and acting responsibly.
Air Liquide ideas create value over the long term. At the core
of the company’s development are the commitment and constant
inventiveness of its people.
Air Liquide anticipates the challenges of its markets, invests
locally and globally, and delivers high-quality solutions to its
customers and patients, and the scientific community.
The company relies on competitiveness in its operations,
targeted investments in growing markets and innovation to deliver
profitable growth over the long-term.
Air Liquide’s revenues amounted to € 15.4 billion in 2014, and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris Euronext
stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC 40 and
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
1 Public support from the Haute Normandie region, the community
of Caux Vallée de Seine communes, and ADEME (French Environment and
Energy Management Agency) through the Programme
d’Investissement d’Avenir, a program for investment for the
future.2 A process mostly used today in the large-scale production
of hydrogen, natural gas steam reforming releases CO23 A process
with no chemical components that uses low temperatures to compress,
liquefy and then separate gases at the heart of the SMR process.
Cryocap™ captures emitted CO2 and valorizes residual hydrogen.
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