Praxair Builds Peak-Shaving Hydrogen Storage System
The peak-shaving system will be integrated with Praxair's hydrogen pipeline network which serves customers from Texas City, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana. It will significantly increase the on-demand availability of hydrogen for Praxair's customers during periods of peak demand.
The peak-shaving system will be brought on line in 2007, following the completion of a third world-scale steam-methane reformer later this year. The Gulf Coast pipeline network will then be able to supply 700 million cubic feet per day of hydrogen on a steady state basis, with peaking capacity of 800 million cubic feet per day.
Demand for Praxair's hydrogen on the U.S. Gulf Coast is expected to increase by 15% to 20% per year through 2010 based on refiners' needs to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations and the increasing volumes of high-sulfur crude oil being processed by refineries. Hydrogen removes sulfur from gasoline and other fuels during the refining process.
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