{"id":10978,"date":"2023-04-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/?p=10978"},"modified":"2024-02-26T11:34:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:34:08","slug":"harnessing-the-power-of-plugs-liquefaction-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/harnessing-the-power-of-plugs-liquefaction-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing the Power of Plug\u2019s Liquefaction Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As the company behind the end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem, Plug has spearheaded green hydrogen<\/a>\u2019s global growth, alongside fuel cells<\/a> and electrolyzer technology<\/a>, becoming a vertically integrated sector powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As countries transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources under global climate goals, the wide-ranging applications of fuel cells<\/a> within multiple sectors have lifted hydrogen\u2019s profile as crucial for realizing government and corporate sustainability plans. Yet the ledger from hot prospect to robust reality, creating a method for transporting hydrogen to targeted markets must transpire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s where Plug comes into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To move hydrogen over long distances from Point A to Point B, liquefaction of the molecules \u2014 super-chilling the gas at -253\u00b0C into a more compact, mass marketable liquid fuel \u2014 must happen. Hydrogen liquefaction<\/a>, in the years to come, could resemble that of natural gas liquefaction \u2014 also known as liquefied natural gas, or LNG. In other words, building terminals turning hydrogen into a containerized fuel that can globe trot as LH2 (liquefied hydrogen), just as LNG has upended the global energy landscape in the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plug\u2019s leadership in engineering and selling hydrogen liquefiers<\/a> can assist countries and companies rapidly increasing uptake of a fuel source seen as strategically important for greening tough to decarbonize sectors. The International Energy Agency has pointed to<\/a> green hydrogen as needing a 300-fold increase in output to achieve \u201cnet zero\u201d greenhouse gas emissions goals by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working Principles of Plug\u2019s Liquefaction Technology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plug\u2019s hydrogen liquefaction process resembles the super-chilling technique used to yield LNG. In liquefying green hydrogen, it can be carried throughout domestic corridors across our home country in the U.S. via both pipelines and liquid hydrogen tankers carried upon trucks. Worldwide, hydrogen liquefaction can also enable carriage within liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC)<\/a>, modeled after LNG supertankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To minimize energy loss of hydrogen as it moves from starting to end point, Plug\u2019s engineers have collaborated with suppliers to streamline the product\u2019s movement. Relatedly, Plug has designed its hydrogen liquefaction plants \u2014 coming in both 15 and 30 tons per day<\/a> configurations \u2014 to operate over a wide ambient temperature ranges while avoiding hydrogen loss in transporting the product to market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video below offers a visually interactive depiction of how Plug\u2019s liquefiers function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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