Explore how we are enabling the hydrogen value chain (and beyond) through our services below.
Storage & Separation
Hydrilyte® is more than a storage medium; it is a powerful and efficient purification service. Our technology leverages the selective nature of metal hydrides, which chemically bond with and absorb hydrogen, physically separating it from impurities in a gas stream. There are two primary use-cases that we have identified: natural hydrogen and industrial by-product hydrogen.
NATURAL HYDROGEN
For Natural Hydrogen producers Hydrilyte® provides a unique dual advantage: it can separate hydrogen from your feed gas and store it ready for transport in a single step. The remaining gasses, typically, helium, methane and nitrogen can subsequently be separated using conventional PSA systems.
INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCT HYDROGEN
Hydrilyte® enables existing processing plants, where hydrogen is a waste product, to divert flu gas through Hydrilyte, where we can capture and store the hydrogen, enabling you to create value from a waste product.
Hydrilyte® storage can provide a hydrogen buffering service to match intermittent production with downstream demands. We have identified 2 main use-cases for hydrogen buffering: Industrial & chemical facilities where hydrogen is a feedstock; and as a substitute for gas and diesel in renewable firming.
Industrial and Chemical Facilities
Examples of industrial and chemical facilities include:
Green iron / green steel where hydrogen is used in Direct Reduction as the reducing agent.
Green magnesium production where hydrogen replaces LNG as a heat source.
Ammonia production where hydrogen is a feedstock for the haber bosch process.
In each of these cases there are also opportunities for heat integration to improve the combined efficiency of the new plant.
Renewable Firming
Hydrogen can complement batteries for long duration storage. Hydrilyte® enables hydrogen to be stored without losses for as long as required. Its safety, and the ability to store in simple tanks, facilitate very large scale storage to be used, like gas is today, for peaking capacity; grid stability and inertia; and seasonal storage support.
Hydrilyte® provides a safe, simple way to transport hydrogen at small and large scale. By varying the magnesium solids concentration we can vary the hydrogen density of the Hydrilyte for different use-cases. We have identified 3 main use-cases for hydrogen transport: refuelling stations; micro-grids / data centres; and energy export.
Refuelling Stations:
Hydrilyte HD enables 2 tonnes of hydrogen to be transported in a 40’ half height container. This compares to a Type IV composite tube trailer which can carry around 1 tonne H2 at 700 bar for a cost of $1m to $1.5m USD (2024 prices) and which is subject to a variety of permitting restrictions.
Microgrids / Data Centres:
For remote communities and mining or military operations, Hydriltye is a non-toxic alternative to diesel. (It would provide the long duration storage beyond the range of batteries). A Hydriltye® plant for these types of operations could be designed to be maintained by an upskilled diesel mechanic.
A 70m x 15m oil tank, of the type found at oil terminals, filled with Hydrilyte will hold around 2000 tonnes of hydrogen. 50 tonnes of hydrogen per hour could generate 1GW of electricity assuming a fuel cell generates 20kWh / kgH2.
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