Feb 14 2011
Linde North America will showcase the commercial effectiveness of its next generation hydrogen fueling technologies at the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association conference, which will be held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center, Washington, D.C., February 13 to 16, 2011.
Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, will feature its ground-breaking technologies that provide safe, fast and efficient ways to fuel hydrogen vehicles. The Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association was formed in 2010 via a merger between the US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) and the National Hydrogen Association (NHA).
Visit Linde at booth #313 to discuss the latest developments in hydrogen fueling technology for forklift trucks, buses and automobiles. Linde’s alternative energy team will be available to discuss these developments including the Linde Ionic Compressor system. Unlike conventional mechanical systems which use a piston in the pressurizing process, the Ionic Compressor uses an ionic liquid in direct contact with hydrogen.
“The Ionic Compressor is a step-change in the area of hydrogen fueling,” said Mike Beckman, head of the Linde North America’s alternative energy team. “It is a high-efficiency, high-throughput, low-maintenance and low-noise compression solution to allow fast and safe filling of vehicles,” Beckman said.
Coupled with Linde’s proprietary fueling protocol and advanced station design, the Ionic Compressor is part of a complete and compact indoor or outdoor compression, storage and dispensing solution for the hydrogen fuel cell bus and fork lift truck markets.
Linde will also highlight the Linde MF-90 high performance containerized compressor system, which was first developed and commercialized in Europe, is easy to deploy and can efficiently supply both 350 bar and 700 bar hydrogen to automobiles.
“Over the past several years Linde technologies have been used successfully to fuel a variety of hydrogen vehicles,” said Beckman. “I think we’ve proven that hydrogen fueled vehicles are viable commercial alternatives. Based on the positive results that have been demonstrated, I’m confident that we’ll see commercialization grow at a much faster pace over the next few years,” Beckman said.
Markus Bachmeier, head of global hydrogen solutions for Linde, will be a keynote speaker and Steve Eckhardt, Linde North America’s west coast head of alternative energy business development, will present a paper focused on high performance auto hydrogen fueling.
Cooperating with renowned, globally active partners, Linde has equipped more than 70 hydrogen fueling stations in 15 countries with state-of-the-art hydrogen compression technologies. The company is involved in many hydrogen fueling station projects throughout North America including the successful installation of hydrogen fueling stations for forklifts for Wal-Mart in Ohio. In addition, Linde is partnering with BMW Manufacturing Co. in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to implement a new alternative fuel platform that uses hydrogen fuel cells to power forklifts, tuggers and stackers at BMW’s new 1.2 million square foot assembly hall in Spartanburg. Linde is also installing fueling stations for both buses and cars for AC Transit in Emeryville, California.
Linde also is partnering with Mercedes-Benz in their F-CELL World Drive, a project that involves driving around the world in hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles. Linde is the Tour’s exclusive provider of hydrogen and will employ novel mobile refueling technology to keep the tour on track. The journey will take three Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL vehicles through 14 countries and four continents.
“Linde is focused on finding ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and cut our greenhouse gas emissions,” said Dave Read, business development manager for alternative energy-east. “Expanding our North America vehicle fueling capabilities gives customers greater access to a strong hydrogen network and world-class engineering.”