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The Linde Group develops sustainable hydrogen production process |
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Tuesday, 05 May 2009 |
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 The technology
group The Linde Group is developing an
innovative process for the sustainable production of hydrogen from biogenic raw
materials. Hydromotive GmbH, a subsidiary of The Linde Group, is to build a
demonstration plant from mid-2009 at the chemical site in Leuna, Germany,
which will produce hydrogen from glycerine.
"Promising
opportunities for the sustainable cost-effective production of hydrogen are
presented by the use of biogenic raw materials," said Dr Aldo Belloni,
member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. "With this innovative patented
process, we have taken yet another step towards low-emission energy supply
using hydrogen."
The
plant, which will reprocess pyrolyse and reform raw glycerine and will come on
stream in mid-2010, will produce a hydrogen-rich gas, which will be fed into
the existing Leuna II hydrogen plant for the purification and liquefaction of
the hydrogen. As a result of its high hydrogen content, raw glycerine, which arises in
the course of biodiesel manufacture, is particularly suited for the production
of hydrogen.
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