空气产品公司德克萨斯州的新液氢工厂投产

　　中国石化新闻网讯 据能源新闻10月11日消息称，全球领先的氢气供应商空气产品公司今天宣布，其位于德克萨斯州拉波特工厂的新液氢工厂已投产，以满足多个客户市场不断增长的需求。新的拉波特液态氢工厂每天生产约 30 吨氢气，并将从空气产品公司现有的墨西哥湾沿岸氢气管道网络、世界上最大的氢气工厂和管道系统中提取用于液化的氢。

　　空气产品公司美洲区总裁Francesco Maione说：“我们投资在德克萨斯州的这个新的液氢生产设施，以显示我们对客户的承诺，并帮助满足当前和未来的需求。新产能的增加也将使我们能够瞄准几个市场的增长，即移动市场的氢。拉波特工厂的位置和运营优势为我们提供了众多的供应选择。我们期待提供这种新的可靠的液氢来源，这对几个州的制造和其他业务非常重要。”

　　Maione 补充说，空气产品公司还计划在美国西南部建立一个绿色液氢生产设施，该零碳设施将生产液态氢，并将其出售给加州和其他需要零碳氢燃料的移动市场。

　　朱佳妮 摘译自 烃加工新闻

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　　Air Products' New World-Scale Liquid Hydrogen Plant is Onstream at its La Porte, Texas Facility

　　Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced that its new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas facility is onstream to supply the increasing demand in several customer markets. The new La Porte liquid hydrogen plant produces approximately 30 tons per day and will draw its hydrogen to be liquefied from Air Products' existing Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network, the world's largest hydrogen plant, and pipeline system.

　　"We invested in this new liquid hydrogen production facility in Texas to show our commitment to our customers and to help meet current and future demand. The addition of this new capacity also will allow us to target the increased growth we anticipate from several markets, namely the hydrogen for the mobility market. The La Porte facility's location and operational benefits provide us with numerous supply options from this plant. We look forward to providing this new reliable source of liquid hydrogen, which is very important to manufacturing and other operations in several states," said Francesco Maione, president, Americas at Air Products.

　　Maione added that Air Products also plans to build a green liquid hydrogen production facility in the Southwest U.S. The zero-carbon facility will produce liquid hydrogen to be sold to the hydrogen for mobility market in California and other locations requiring zero-carbon hydrogen fuel.