The world’s first liquefied hydrogen provider left Japan on Friday to choose up its first cargo in Australia in a mission that has been delayed this yr by Covid-19.
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), which is accountable for the mission, is taking a look at constructing extra ships to hold this ultra-chilled substance.
The world’s first LH2 provider, the Suiso Frontier, constructed by KHI, carries cargo cooled to –253°C; at this temperature, hydrogen is at atmospheric strain and occupies simply 1/800 of its unique vapour quantity. Suiso Frontier has one, 1,250 cu m vacuum-insulated, Sort C storage tank with KHI now engaged on creating bigger designs.
The hydrogen has been produced by a prototype brown coal gasification facility at Port of Hastings in Victoria, South Australia.