When it comes to hydrogen and fuel cells AkzoNobel and NedStack belong to ‘the usual suspects’.
Now they have joined MTSA Technopower and together they will build a 2 MW fuel cell with financial support of the Fuel Cells Hydrogen Joint Undertaking program of the EU. It will consist of 3336 cell stacks and will have the approximate dimensions of 3 containers. The unit is destined for the Chinese chemicals company Ynnovate Sanzheng, which operates a chlorine electrolysis plant for in-house use. The byproduct hydrogen will be converted to electricity, while the heat that is produced in the process will be used to drive a heat pump in a cooling loop. The technology is not new, but the combination to close the hydrogen cycle is.