WHY HYDROGEN
Hydrogen has been the fuel of the future for decades, always promising to deliver huge benefits.
Nearly 30 years ago hydrogen was introduced to the market as an emerging clean energy source. In its early days, hydrogen experienced a level of high expectations but was dismissed as an alternative fuel mainly due to technology immaturity and its associated high cost.
Nevertheless, after suffering a decade of paralysation and frustrating set-backs hydrogen’s strength on the market is booming once again, and recent cost and technology improvements are pointing toward its economic viability.
Now a growing body of evidence is advocating that hydrogen is here to stay, stating its potential to decarbonise the whole energy value chain as a zero-carbon fuel and a reliable energy carrier which can be easily stored and transported.
Hydrogen is one of the most promising energy carriers for the future. It is a high efficiency, non-polluting energy carrier that can be used in transportation, heating and power generation in places where electricity is needed.
UHTP has created the groundbreaking UP Technology for this very purpose, the simplest and fastest way to make hydrogen.
THREE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS ARE IN PLAY:
HYDROGEN (H2) IS A VERY EFFICIENT ENERGY CARRIER!
The smallest and the lightest of all atoms (hydrogen) is the best energy tool for mankind now and forever.
Hydrogen is one of the two elements (H2) in water (H2O). One kg of H2 contains 39,4 kWh energy at HHV (Higher Heating Value).
The H atom has only one proton and one electron and is always open for joining other atoms. The favourite friend is the oxygen atom (O) and two H plus one O form the water molecule.
About 70% of the surface of our planet is covered with water, which can appear as a liquid or as a solid (ice) and our atmosphere contains huge quantities of water as humidity (steam).
Water has been on our planet for two billion years and is auto-recycling and will surely remain, at least, for another two billion years and this fantastic and abundant product is the best energy carrier!
WATER IS CHEAP TO TRANSPORT
Water comes from the sky, lakes, rivers or from the sea and very comfortably from a water tap in most places making it very accessible.
This works in our favour because to transport hydrogen as a gas (H2) is expensive. Hence, the great idea is to transport hydrogen in water and split the water molecules to make the two gases at the spot of utilization.
9 kg of water contains 1 kg H2 and 8 kg oxygen (O2)
The liberation of the two gases is called water splitting and the best technology for that is Ultra High Temperature Processes revolutionary UP Technology.
HYDROGEN IS URGENTLY NEEDED
Annual production of hydrogen exceeds 85 million tons.
Global demand is growing at an estimated rate of 5% p.a.
Anticipated use of hydrogen for transport and energy storage will more than double the demand.
In 2019 the global business for O2 was about 40 billion (40 000 million) USD, of which about 50% was consumed by the steel mills and some 20% went to production of chemicals.
The same year the H2 created a global business of about 125 billion USD, of which some 40% was used for production of ammonia (for production of fertilizers to feed the ever growing world population) and another 40% went to the oil refining.
95% of the H2 production was done with steam reforming of natural gas or petroleum. This means that for each kg of H2 there was a production of 4 – 10 kg CO2!!!
