Shell-led consortium to demonstrate feasibility of liquid hydrogen storage
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Global Hydrogen Review,
A consortium of public, private and academic experts led by Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, is pioneering an ambitious path to enable large-scale liquid hydrogen (LH2) storage for international trade applications. This is a largely untapped field with potential for advancing the global commercialisation of hydrogen as an accessible, affordable and low carbon energy commodity.
Shell and the consortium partners – including McDermott's CB&I Storage Solutions, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, GenH2 and the University of Houston – have been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office to demonstrate that a large-scale LH2 tank, with a capacity ranging from 20 000 – 100 000 m3, is both feasible and cost competitive at import and export terminals. The DOE has awarded US$6 million to finance the project, and Shell and CB&I Storage Solutions will both provide an additional US$3 million each, for a total project fund of US$12 million.
"A cost-effective, long-range hydrogen supply chain can have a transformative impact in shaping a sustainable future for energy," said Yuri Sebregts, Chief Technology Officer for Shell. "Our consortium recognises that this project can become a cornerstone in making that future possible. It is a sizable engineering challenge – but we have the right people, partners and outlook to deliver this LH2 storage technology."
The consortium will collaborate to develop a technically innovative and economically viable concept design for the large-scale LH2 storage tank. Additionally, the group will engineer and construct a scaled-down demonstration tank that will be tested to validate the feasibility of the design and the thermal model for commercial-scale design.
This project aims to advance the US as a global energy leader in LH2-based international supply chain development and facilitate the commercialisation of both blue and green hydrogen export opportunities. The insulation technology, cryogenic testing equipment and thermal model developed under this programme aims to have widespread benefits for several LH2 applications.
This public, private and academic endeavour will support the goals of the DOE H2@Scale and Hydrogen Shot initiatives, bringing stakeholders together in an effort to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen and advance its role in the energy transition.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/14102021/shell-led-consortium-to-demonstrate-feasibility-of-liquid-hydrogen-storage/
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