Massive Hydrogen Storage and Transportation Technology 'SPERA Hydrogen~R' System and its prospects

摘要

Chiyoda Corporation has been completed a technical development of "SPERA Hydrogen" system for the massive H2 storage and transportation technology through a pilot plant demonstration. The system employs the Organic Chemical Hydride method (OCH method). In the method, hydrogen is fixed to toluene and converted to methylcyclohexane (MCH) as a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC). Toluene and MCH are gasoline components and in the liquid phase under the ambient temperature and pressure. In the method, the potential risk for the massive hydrogen storage and transportation can be reduced to the conventional one for the gasoline storage and transportation, since hydrogen is stored as MCH in the liquid phase under the ambient condition as same as gasoline. It is considered that the conventional storage tanks and the chemical tankers which are conventional infrastructure can be used to this system is also the merit.