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State Secretary Atsma Inaugurates World-Scale Hydrogen Plant in Rotterdam Botlek

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Overall energy efficiency will improve by more than 15%.
CO2 emissions will be 200,000 tons per year lower, comparable to taking 90,000 cars off the road annually.
Air Products increases hydrogen production capacity at the site by approximately 50%.

Today, Air Products and ExxonMobil celebrated the start-up of a new world-scale hydrogen production plant in Rotterdam. Joop Atsma, State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment, Mayor Aboutaleb of Rotterdam and Hans Smits, CEO Port of Rotterdam, participated in the official ceremony. Integrating ExxonMobil’s refinery with Air Products new hydrogen plant will lead to a 15% improvement in energy efficiency and reduce related CO2 emissions by 200,000 tons per year.

“Key to achieving the delivery of a world-class plant of this size and scope within such an aggressive timetable was the expertise and close collaboration of all those involved in the project. The Dutch government and local authorities also played an important role in helping us to deliver a plant that, by design, minimizes the loss of heat to the environment and reduces the natural gas requirement,” said Jeff Byrne, Air Products’ global vice president and general manager - Tonnage Gases. “As a location, the ExxonMobil Botlek site offers significant synergy in terms of our products and feedstock flow. It also allows us to connect the new plant into our extensive Rotterdam hydrogen pipeline network, which supplies hydrogen to several other customers in the region.”

State Secretary Atsma said in his speech that the importance of the new plant should not be underestimated. “We need plants like this one nationally as well as internationally to achieve our European mid-term and long term environmental ambitions. Today, Air Products and ExxonMobil show that by a targeted investment and integration of industrial processes, a substantial energy saving and CO2 reduction are being achieved. ’’

The Air Products plant uses ExxonMobil refinery’s excess gas to produce hydrogen. The refinery uses hydrogen for the desulphurization of oil products and in the manufacture of petrochemicals. The new plant uses the most advanced processes and technologies which makes the hydrogen production considerably more efficient than the previous hydrogen supply to the refinery. The hydrogen plant also delivers steam to the refinery. The synergy in the production processes of the two plants will improve overall energy efficiency by more than 15%.

“Improving energy efficiency is the best way to reduce energy consumption and related CO2 emissions,” says Andrew Madden, ExxonMobil Refinery Manager. “Through projects such as this one refineries can continue to provide oil products economically while continuing to reduce their environmental footprint. The Rotterdam refinery and petrochemical complex play an important role in our global company and the integration with the hydrogen plant demonstrates ExxonMobil’s commitment to disciplined investments in this region.”

Air Products, in conjunction with Technip – its main contractor on the project – began construction of the new hydrogen plant in June 2010. Maria van der Hoeven, Minister of Economic Affairs at that time, officially started the ground breaking. The start-up of the new hydrogen plant took place in December 2011. It took approximately one million man-hours to build the plant. The construction was completed with more than 450 people working at the site at one time, with eight different languages spoken. Although there were challenging circumstances, the worker’s safety was managed proactively and successfully.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 18,000 employees in over 40 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2011, Air Products had sales of $10.1 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

In the Netherlands, Air Products has been active in Rotterdam since 1970 with production facilities in Botlek, Pernis and Europoort. The company also has offices in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Nijmegen and Terneuzen.

About ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil is the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company and a global leader in the petrochemical industry, with activities in almost every country. In the Netherlands, ExxonMobil has a refinery, several chemical plants, a lube oil blending plant and a network of service stations. Also, ExxonMobil is co-owner of the Rotterdam-Antwerp Pipeline, TEAM Terminal and MOT. ExxonMobil has a significant interest in the Dutch gas business through its participation in NAM and GasTerra. For more information, visit www.exxonmobil.com.

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Air Products’ Hydrogen Technology to Surpass Fueling of Over 1,000 Material Handling Fuel Cell Units Daily at U.S. Customer Warehouses

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Today Air Products (NYSE: APD) helps businesses move consumer goods purchased and used every day by providing the hydrogen fueling and infrastructure to power nearly 1,000 material handling fuel cell units operating in warehouses across the United States. And when Air Products soon brings on stream its industry leading technology to fuel the material handling units of a customer with warehouse locations in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Texas, it will easily eclipse the 1,000 unit milestone.

“We are the leader in providing hydrogen fueling and the related infrastructure to the material handling market. Today we are fueling nearly 1,000 pieces of material handling equipment, and we are refueling them safely on a daily basis. We are very proud of this accomplishment and with future installations already under contract, doubling the number of units is already within sight,” said Ed Kiczek, global director – Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products. “It goes without saying that our technology’s consistent performance and reliability, along with the environmental sustainability and productivity benefits we provide have been recognized by this market application.”

Kiczek added that the early support in demonstration projects partially funded by the United States Department of Energy was important to proving the benefits of the technology. Details on Air Products’ hydrogen fueling station technologies and projects are provided at www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

There are many advantages to using hydrogen-powered forklifts and material handling equipment. Hydrogen-powered equipment only needs refueling once or twice daily, depending on use, and does not require change-out downtime while traditional battery-powered equipment is taken out of operation for battery replacement or recharging approximately every four to six hours. Hydrogen-powered equipment provides consistent power strength during use and does not experience decreased performance or wear down as battery units do when nearing change-out or recharge time. Additionally, unlike battery-powered forklifts, hydrogen-powered fuel cells are not adversely impacted by temperature when operating in coolers and freezers. Further, hydrogen-powered equipment is more environmentally friendly and does not involve lead-acid battery storage or disposal issues.

Many of the material handling units being fueled by Air Products include Plug Power’s (NASDAQ: PLUG) GenDrive® hydrogen fuel cell power units. The GenDrive systems can be quickly refueled in just minutes, completely eliminating the need to change, store, charge and maintain multiple lead acid batteries for each lift.

“Plug Power has captured the leadership role in manufacturing, shipping and deploying GenDrive fuel cell units to commercially viable material handling customer sites,” said Andy Marsh, CEO at Plug Power. “Plug Power holds over 85% of this market. And, as referenced by Air Products, continuing to secure multi-site material handling customers only further proves the reliability and value-add of the hydrogen-powered GenDrive product to the customer.”

Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 15,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 130 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 350,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 18,000 employees in over 40 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2011, Air Products had sales of $10.1 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

About Plug Power
The architects of modern fuel cell technology, Plug Power revolutionized the industry with cost-effective power solutions that increase productivity, lower operating costs and reduce carbon footprints. Long-standing relationships with industry leaders forged the path for our key accounts, including Wegmans, Whole Foods, and FedEx Freight. With more than 2,000 GenDrive units shipped to material handling customers, accumulating over 5 million hours of runtime, Plug Power manufactures tomorrow’s incumbent power solutions today. Visit us at www.plugpower.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

Air Products’ Hydrogen Technology Fueling Material Handling Fuel Cells at WinCo’s California Warehouse

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that its industry leading hydrogen fueling technology and infrastructure is now on stream and providing hydrogen to fuel material handling fuel cell units at WinCo Foods LLC’s 800,000 square foot grocery distribution center in Modesto, Calif. Air Products is currently fueling 33 material handling units, with 49 more pieces of equipment to be added in April, and increasing to 184 overall when the facility conversion to hydrogen-powered fuel cell lifts is complete in 2013.

“We continue to grow our leadership position in the material handling equipment market at a time when recognition of the productivity and sustainability benefits of hydrogen fueling for this application continues to increase. We worked closely with WinCo as the timing for getting hydrogen supply installed was critical to a seamless conversion of their material handling equipment to hydrogen fuel cells. We began using our mobile fueling technology, and then brought the permanent fueling station online this month which includes two fueling dispensers,” said Sarah Hammond, business development manager – Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products. Details on Air Products’ hydrogen fueling station technologies and projects are provided at www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

The WinCo material handling units being fueled by Air Products include Plug Power’s (NASDAQ: PLUG) GenDrive® hydrogen fuel cell power units. The GenDrive systems can be quickly refueled in just minutes, completely eliminating the need to change, store, charge and maintain multiple lead acid batteries for each lift.

“Plug Power’s GenDrive fuel cell systems have provided WinCo with a power solution for its lift truck fleet that increases productivity and reduces operational costs over traditional lead-acid batteries. At the same time, the fuel cells offer a much more sustainable alternative for power,” said Andy Marsh, CEO at Plug Power. “Our GenDrive units run on hydrogen, and Air Products understands the importance of getting the hydrogen infrastructure in place so the fuel cells can be deployed and the customer can start realizing the benefits of the project.”

There are many advantages to using hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts and material handling equipment. Hydrogen-powered equipment only needs refueling once or twice daily, depending on use, and does not require change-out downtime while traditional battery-powered equipment is taken out of operation for battery replacement or recharging approximately every four to six hours. Hydrogen-powered equipment provides consistent power strength during use and does not experience decreased performance or wear down as battery units do when nearing change-out or recharge time. Additionally, unlike battery-powered forklifts, hydrogen-powered fuel cells are not adversely impacted by temperature when operating in coolers and freezers. Further, hydrogen-powered equipment is more environmentally friendly and does not involve lead-acid battery storage or disposal issues.

Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 15,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 130 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 350,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 18,000 employees in over 40 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2011, Air Products had sales of $10.1 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

About WinCo
For more information about WinCo visit www.wincofoods.com/.

About Plug Power
The architects of modern fuel cell technology, Plug Power revolutionized the industry with cost-effective power solutions that increase productivity, lower operating costs and reduce carbon footprints. Long-standing relationships with industry leaders forged the path for our key accounts, including Wegmans, Whole Foods, and FedEx Freight. With more than 2,000 GenDrive units shipped to material handling customers, accumulating over 5 million hours of runtime, Plug Power manufactures tomorrow’s incumbent power solutions today. Visit us at www.plugpower.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

Air Products’ China Project Award is Largest Single On-Site ASU Order Ever

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has signed a long-term contract with Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. and will build, own and operate the largest on-site air separation unit (ASU) order ever awarded to an industrial gas company. The facility, to be located in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China, will include multiple ASU trains and produce 12,000 tons per day (TPD) of oxygen and significant tonnage volumes of nitrogen and compressed dry air for Shaanxi’s coal chemical plant. The Air Products ASU trains are scheduled to be operational in 2014.

“We are honored to have reached this milestone and to supply this very large industrial gas demand for Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Company. We believe our worldwide track record of industrial gas facility safety and production reliability was important to gaining this long-term contract. Winning this new order allows Air Products to supply two important customers, both located in Shaanxi Province, from the two largest ASU train orders ever awarded to an industrial gas company,” said Steve Jones, Air Products’ China president. Jones, a member of the company’s corporate executive committee, is based in Shanghai as part of Air Products’ corporate strategy to support significant growth opportunities and accelerate the company’s development in emerging markets.

In 2010, Air Products had announced, what at that time, was the largest single ASU on-site order ever committed to an industrial gas company. Scheduled to be operational in mid-2013 in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, China, that facility includes three ASU trains producing over 8,200 TPD of oxygen, over 3,100 TPD of nitrogen, and over 375 TPD of compressed dry air, along with producing liquid products for the merchant market.

The industrial gases produced by Air Products’ ASUs and supplied to Shaanxi Future Energy Chemical Company at Yulin will be used to help produce one million tons per year of oil products. The ASU trains are to include design enhancements to minimize operating costs through energy efficiency. Technology advancements and other productivity improvements support Air Products’ overall sustainability goals of reducing energy consumption and emissions. “We have worked hard to develop the lowest cost and newest advanced technology ASU facilities to serve our customers with energy efficiencies that benefit their operations and the environment,” said Jones.

“We are pleased to sign the ASU gases supply contract with Air Products today. We believe that through close cooperation with Air Products, we can build and operate a world-class coal chemical plant,” said Qiwen Sun, general manger of Shaanxi Future Energy Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Shaanxi Future Energy Company was established in 2011. It is jointly-owned by YanKuang Coal Group (50%), Yanzhou Coal Co., Ltd. (25%) and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group (25%).

Today’s China contract award news follows Air Products’ Sept. 26 announcement of a project in Nanjing, China where the company will build, own and operate another ASU in the Nanjing Chemicals Industrial Park to supply industrial gases under long-term contract. Air Products will also operate an integrated liquefier to significantly increase the supply of liquid products for the growing merchant liquid industrial gas market in the region. The Nanjing operations are scheduled to be operational in 2013. It will be the third Air Products’ ASU operating at this location.

Air Products has been operating in China since 1987 and was one of the first multinational industrial gas corporations to invest in the country. With over 40 operating entities, 50 production facilities and 2,200 employees, the company has already established a strong market position in China, serving a broad range of industries.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2011, Air Products had revenues of $10.1 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

Air Products 2011 Chairman’s Award of Excellence Presented to Yu-Nan Liu

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Dr. Yu-Nan Liu of Air Products (NYSE:APD) was joined by family, colleagues and the company chairman last night at a dinner honoring him as this year’s recipient of the Chairman’s Award of Excellence.

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer John McGlade noted that as technical director, LNG, for Air Products, Dr. Liu has been influential in the development of 55 LNG (liquefied natural gas) production trains at plants around the world. He is named on four patents, has authored over 20 publications and is recognized by the industry as one of the world’s premier LNG technical experts.

“Yu-Nan’s creativity and technical ability have significantly contributed to Air Products as the premier supplier of cryogenic natural gas liquefaction technology and equipment,” said McGlade. “Yu-Nan’s reputation precedes him, and in a conservative industry, he makes customers feel comfortable accepting new technology. I want to thank him for his contributions to Air Products for over 35 years.”

The Chairman’s Award for Excellence was established in 1988 to honor significant contributions of employees towards the realization of corporate goals. Winners are selected by the chairman based on nominations proposed by a committee comprised of senior company officials. Dr. Liu received $75,000 in cash and company stock, and was presented with a sculpture symbolizing the technology for air separation engraved with the Latin title “Caelum Aratro Findimus,” translated as “To Cleave the Sky.”

Dr. Liu and his wife Mary, live in Emmaus, Pa.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2011, Air Products had revenues of $10.1 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

London Taxi to be Powered by UK's First Network of Hydrogen Fuelling Stations

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A new project will soon see 15 hydrogen-powered London black-cabs and five hydrogen-powered Suzuki Bergmann scooters carrying passengers around the Capital. Funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the HyTEC project (Hydrogen Transport for European Cities), which is part funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), will also see the installation of an Air Products hydrogen fuelling station in London.

This new station will connect up with the two fuelling stations already in operation in the city supporting London's hydrogen bus fleet, creating a vital infrastructure network powering hydrogen fuel cell vehicles across the Capital, some in time for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Commuters already travel on hydrogen buses around the city and the introduction of additional hydrogen-powered taxis and scooters mean Londoners will experience the benefits of hydrogen as a transport fuel: the same range, speed and fuelling time as conventional fuels with the added benefit of no emissions at the point of use.

The vehicles and refuelling site form part of the Mayor's vision to promote innovative zero and low emission technologies in the capital to clean London's air and tackle pollution. London already boasts the UK's only zero-emission bus route running with a fleet of hydrogen single decker buses.

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who has given his full support to the bid, said: 'I want London to become a zero-emission city in order to deliver cleaner air and improve quality of life. It is important that London champions innovative new technologies to get us to this point, which is why I am delighted we are set to get even more hydrogen vehicles on our streets in time for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond. This supports my drive to promote the uptake of cleaner vehicles such as electric cars and the new fleet of hydrogen buses running in London, which is setting industry standards.'

This industry-led project utilises the hydrogen transport experience and knowledge of 16 companies at the forefront of development of hydrogen technology and infrastructure. In an effort to understand the best methods for rolling out hydrogen transport in European cities, this international initiative will also install a network of fuelling stations will also be deployed in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Diana Raine, Air Products, European Business Manager Hydrogen Energy Systems and HyTEC Project Coordinator said: “This new project shows London is leading the way in establishing hydrogen transport infrastructure compared to other environmental world cities. Creating a network of hydrogen fuelling stations will make it possible for fleets of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the Capital, cutting carbon emissions and air pollution.”

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Notes to Editors:

There are 16 Members of the HyTEC consortium from five different countries in Europe:

Air Products Plc, UK www.airproducts.com
Element Energy Ltd, UK http://www.element-energy.co.uk
HyRaMP, Belgium http://www.hy-ramp.eu
LTI Vehicles, UK www.london-taxis.co.uk
Centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies (CENEX), UK http://www.cenex.co.uk
Greater London Authority, UK www.london.gov.uk
hySOLUTIONS GmbH, Germany http://www.hysolutions-hamburg.de
MATGAS 2000 AIE, Spain http://www.matgas.org
LBST, Germany http://www.lbst.de
Copenhagen Hydrogen Network, Denmark http://www.hydrogenlink.net/eng/copenhagen.asp
City of Copenhagen, Denmark http://www.kk.dk
Hydrogen Link, Denmark http://www.hydrogenlink.net/eng
Intelligent Energy Ltd, UK http://www.intelligent-energy.com
BAA Ltd, UK http://www.baa.com
London Bus Services Ltd (TfL), UK http://www.tfl.gov.uk
Fraunhofer, Germany http://www.fraunhofer.de

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空气产品公司与华中科技大学联手推动先进燃烧技术在清洁能源中的应用

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，作为全球领先的工业气体和功能材料供应商，今天宣布公司近期与华中科技大学签署了一项关于清洁能源技术合作的谅解备忘录和一份联合研发协议。

空气产品公司与华中科技大学煤燃烧国家重点实验室将密切合作，加快中国清洁能源技术的开发和应用。根据研发协议，初期工作的重点是通过纯氧燃烧实验和理论验证深入研究先进燃烧技术。

此外，双方还同意在其他方面开展更密切的合作，包括探索纯氧、无焰燃烧和其他工业高温工艺等清洁燃烧技术的联合研发，以及设立学生奖学金和实习计划。

空气产品公司中国区总裁兼全球能源炼化、设备及能源事业部高级副总裁和总经理 Steve Jones表示：“空气产品公司致力于为中国带来先进和可持续的解决方案，以满足当地市场的需求。我们一直与中国领先的大学、设计院和工程师合作，加快在环境、能源和新兴市场领域的技术开发，以支持中国的十二五规划。华中科技大学在燃烧领域拥有卓越的研究能力，这次合作是一个很好的范例，体现了空气产品公司致力于推动清洁燃烧技术开发的承诺。”

华中科技大学煤燃烧国家重点实验室成立于1991年，是中国顶尖的煤燃烧研究机构之一。该实验室拥有一套300千瓦的纯氧燃烧系统，目前正在建造另外几套更大的系统。

华中科技大学煤燃烧国家重点实验室副主任柳朝晖表示：“我们很高兴能够与空气产品公司建立合作伙伴关系。空气产品公司是一家高度创新的工业气体和功能材料公司，此次合作将促进学术和商业领域之间的知识和技术交流，将会使整个能源和环境市场受益。我们期待与空气产品公司的合作取得成功，并进一步扩大我们在今后的合作范围。”

空气产品公司于2005年在上海设立了亚洲技术中心，成为第一个在中国建立研发中心的全球工业气体公司。现在，该中心服务于中国及亚洲其他地区市场中高速发展的产业，包括功能材料、电子、商用气体和众多其他工业。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和工艺气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站 www.airproducts.com。

关于华中科技大学煤燃烧国家重点实验室
华中科技大学煤燃烧国家重点实验室成立于1991年，是中国顶尖的煤燃烧研究机构之一。该实验室的研究重点包括煤燃烧动力学、燃烧过程中的排放控制和污染治理、煤燃烧和气化数值模拟、燃烧诊断和优化以及先进热能利用和转化技术。该实验室拥有先进的测试和测量系统，已经成为能源和环境领域基础研究和技术开发的重要基地。该实验室是中国领先的纯氧燃烧研发机构。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2010年9月30日结束。

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Air Products Collaborates with Huazhong University of Science and Technology to Drive Clean Energy with Focus on Advanced Combustion Technology

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading global industrial gases and performance materials supplier, today announced it has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and a joint research and development (R&D) agreement with Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in China on clean energy.

The collaboration between Air Products and the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion (SKLCC) of HUST will accelerate the development and application of clean energy technology in China, with initial focus on advanced combustion technology through experimenting and theory testing of oxy-fuel combustion under the joint R&D agreement.

In addition, the two parties have agreed to have closer cooperation on other activities, including exploring joint R&D efforts on clean combustion technology―such as oxy-fuel, flameless combustion and other industrial high temperature processes―and setting up student scholarship and internship programs.

“Air Products is committed to bringing advanced and sustainable solutions to China to meet the local market needs,” said Steve Jones, China president and senior vice president and general manager of Global Tonnage Gases, Energy and Equipment, at Air Products. “We have been partnering with leading local universities, design institutes and engineers to accelerate technology development in the environmental, energy and emerging market segments to support China’s 12th Five-Year Plan. HUST is a leading university focusing on combustion in China, and the collaboration is one example of Air Products’ commitment to driving clean combustion technology development.”

Established in 1991, the SKLCC of HUST is one of the top coal combustion research institutes in China. It has built a 300KW oxy-fuel combustion system and is currently building other larger systems.

“We are excited to form a partnership with Air Products, which is recognized as a highly innovative industrial gases and performance materials company. The collaboration will facilitate knowledge and technology exchanges between the academic and commercial fields and will benefit the energy and environmental markets as a whole. We look forward to a successful partnership with Air Products and further expanding our collaboration in the future,” said Zhaohui Liu, Associate Director of SKLCC at HUST.

Air Products was the first global industrial gas company to establish an internal R&D capability in China when it set up its Asia Technology Center in 2005, which today is serving key high-growth market segments in China and the rest of Asia, including performance materials, electronics and general industries.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

About the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Established in 1991, the State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion of Huazhong University of Science and Technology is one of the top coal combustion research institutes in China. The laboratory focuses on the research of kinetics of coal combustion, emission control and pollution treatment during combustion, modeling of coal combustion and gasification, combustion diagnostics and optimization, and advanced thermal energy utilization and conversion technology. Equipped with advanced testing and measuring systems, it has become an important base for fundamental research and technology development in energy and environmental areas. It’s a leading institute for oxy-fuel combustion R&D in China.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Secures 25% Stake in Gases Businesses of Abdullah Hashim Group

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has agreed to acquire a 25 percent stake in the gases and equipment businesses of Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment Co. Ltd. (AHG), a company of the privately-owned Abdullah Hashim Group, based in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary local closing conditions. Financial terms are not being disclosed.

AHG is the largest private industrial gases company in Saudi Arabia. It is comprised of three businesses, including industrial gases, equipment, and consumables and refrigerants. AHG has three main production locations in Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh, plus distribution centers at key locations across The Kingdom. AHG also has a purchase agreement with National Industrial Gases Company (NIGC) at Jubail and Yanbu for liquid products.

“AHG is a long-established, respected and financially strong business, run by an experienced leadership team,” said Howard Castle-Smith, Air Products’ vice president and general manager, Tonnage Gases, Europe and Middle East. “Merchant gases growth in The Kingdom is high, and margins are strong, making it an attractive investment. It’s also a significant new platform from which to pursue tonnage gases opportunities in The Middle East.”

Air Products and AHG have a long-standing relationship and currently operate two joint ventures. One is an on-site facility supplying oxygen and nitrogen for Shadeed Iron & Steel’s production plant in the Sohar Industrial Port of Oman. The other plant supplies nitrogen and hydrogen to Emirates Float Glass in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

“We see Air Products as the ideal partner to expand our business across The Middle East,” said Khalid Hashim, AHG’s managing director. “Our relative strengths – AHG in the supply of merchant gases and Air Products in large scale tonnage plants – make us stronger together. Of course, Air Products is a leader in merchant gases in many other parts of the world, and I expect us to benefit from their capability in new technologies and product innovation that we will offer to our customers and prospects.”

Abdullah Hashim Group was founded in 1955 and is owned and operated by the Hashim family. The industrial gases business is a combination of liquid/bulk, pipeline products and a range of packaged gases products. AHG has a particularly strong presence in refining, primary metals markets, medical, food and aviation.

Air Products built the first ever air separation unit (ASU) in the Middle East in the 1950s and has 40 years of operating experience in the region. The company has been working with the petrochemical and refinery industries for decades, building, owning and operating ASUs and hydrogen production plants.

Air Products designed and built two of the world’s largest ASUs for Qatar Oryx GTL at its site in Ras Laffan. Air Products also owns an operating facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in the United Arab Emirates.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

About the Abdullah Hashim Group
Abdullah Hashim Group, a family-owned Saudi company, has been in business for more than half a century. Turnover exceeds USD 450MM, and employs around 1,800 people. The group’s activities are in three main areas – the import and distribution of automotive vehicles, agricultural and industrial equipment, including the agency for Honda cars and motorcycles in Saudi Arabia; the distribution of welding equipment and related supplies; and the manufacture and distribution of a wide range of industrial and medical gases from three main production locations and seven distribution centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdullah Hashim Gases offers project engineering infrastructure, including project design and installation, as well as extensive regional operation support and back-up liquid gases distribution. For more information, visit www.ahg.com.sa.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Wins Another Wison Industrial Gas Supply Contract

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it will build, own and operate an air separation unit (ASU) and integrated liquefier in the Nanjing Chemicals Industrial Park in Nanjing, China. Air Products has won a long-term contract to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Ltd., Inc.’s (Wison Energy) coal to syngas gasification facility in Nanjing. Air Products will also operate a liquefier and increase argon production to supply the growing regional merchant liquid industrial gas market. The new operations are to be commercial in 2013.

The new ASU will produce over 1,500 tons per day (TPD) of gaseous oxygen and over 1,900 TPD of gaseous nitrogen. The liquefier will more than triple Air Products’ current production of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen, and argon production will be increased by over 40 percent for the merchant market in the region.

“This new ASU will be the third we have built and will operate to supply the Wison Energy facility with tonnage quantities of industrial gases. We are pleased to grow this relationship with Wison and believe our history of supply reliability and safety record, among other factors, were key to winning this business. The location of this facility and ability to increase liquid product capacity is essential to our growing sales in this region and fits well with our business strategy for this important market,” said Steve Jones, Air Products’ China president. Jones, a member of the company’s corporate executive committee, is based in Shanghai as part of Air Products’ corporate strategy to support significant growth opportunities and accelerate the company’s development in emerging markets.

“Wison Energy is pleased to partner with Air Products again. As one of the leading suppliers for coal-based gases in China, we not only supply to customers reliable, high-quality hydrogen, CO and syngas, but also hope to prosper together and form a long-term strategic partnership along a successful supply chain. I believe this cooperation is an extension of our strong relationship. It will form a solid foundation for Wison Energy’s future business development,” said Liu Hongjun, President of Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Ltd., Inc.

Air Products currently operates two ASUs supplying Wison Energy with tonnage amounts of industrial gases to support their operations in the Nanjing Chemicals Industrial Park. The initial ASUs supporting the petrochemical facility were brought onstream in 2007 and 2009.

“The three ASUs at this site provide Air Products the opportunity for additional customers for both tonnage gaseous supply and to meet the needs of the growing merchant market. It is a tremendous location for a cluster of industrial gas manufacturing plants,” said Jones. Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park is a state-level petrochemical park in China. Located about 30 kilometers north of Nanjing on the northern part of the Yangtze River, the Park is a major constituent of the Nanjing New & High Technology Industry Development Zone with superior support of a good transportation network and logistics.

Air Products has been operating in China since 1987 and was one of the first multinational industrial gas corporations to invest in the country. With over 40 operating entities, 50 production facilities and 2,200 employees, the company has already established a strong market position in China, serving a broad range of industries.

Wison Energy is a member of Wison Group and has been in operation since 2003. It uses coal as the feedstock and by applying clean coal production technology, supplies high-quality CO, methanol, H2, syngas, enriched H2 and sulfur to customers. It is one of the leading suppliers for coal based gases in China. Wison Group, headquartered in Shanghai, is a diverse conglomerate, specialized in high technology content businesses such as engineering services, offshore and marine, clean energy, bio-pharmaceutical and communication.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

空气品公司与惠生能源再签工业气体供应合同

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)　今天宣布，将在中国南京化学工业园建造和运营一座新的空气分离装置和综合液化设施。空气产品公司再度与惠生（南京）清洁能源股份有限公司（简称惠生能源）签订了一项长期合同，为后者在南京化学工业园的煤制合成气装置供应氧气和氮气。空气产品公司亦将启用一座液化设施，并提高氩气产量，以满足该区不断增长的商用液态工业气体市场需求。空气产品公司的新设施将于2013年投入运营。

新的空气分离装置将日产1500吨以上的氧气和1900吨以上的氮气。而液化设施将把空气产品公司目前的液氧和液氮产量提高三倍，而且，氩气的产量也将增加40%以上，以满足该区的商用气体市场需求。

空气产品公司中国区总裁Steve Jones表示：“这次新建的空气分离装置将是我们为惠生能源建造的第三座此类设施，投产之后将会为惠生能源供应数以吨计的工业气体。我们很高兴与惠生能源加强合作关系，我们认为，空气产品公司多年来在气体供应方面卓越的可靠性和长期的安全纪录是赢得这项业务的关键。这些设施优越的地理位置和我们液态气体产能提升能力是确保我们在该地区销售持续增长的关键，而且十分符合我们在这个重要市场区域的业务战略。”Jones是公司最高执行委员会成员之一，他于最近被派驻上海，以实现空气产品公司的公司战略，即支持公司在新兴市场的重要增长机会以及加速在这些市场的发展。

惠生（南京）清洁能源股份有限公司总裁刘洪钧表示：“惠生能源很高兴与空气产品公司再次合作。作为中国领先的煤制工业气体供应商之一，我们不仅致力于为客户提供稳定优质的氢气、一氧化碳、合成气等工业气体，并期望与上下游形成长期战略合作伙伴关系，共赢发展。我相信，此次合作将是双方良好关系的延伸，为惠生能源未来建设项目的发展奠定了坚实的基础。”

空气产品公司目前通过两座空分装置为惠生能源提供大宗工业气体，以满足其在南京化学工业园的用气需求。这两处最初用于为石化工厂供应气体的空分装置分别于2007年和2009年投产。

Jones说：“通过这三座现场空分装置，空气产品公司将能够为更多的大用量客户供应气体，同时可以满足日益增长的商用气体市场需求。这个工业园面积巨大，容纳了许多工业气体生产工厂。”南京化学工业园是中国国家级石化园区。工业园位于长江以北，距离南京约30公里，是南京高新技术产业开发区的主要组成部分，拥有良好的运输网络和物流条件。”

自1987年以来，空气产品公司就已经在中国开展业务，是首批在中国投资的跨国工业气体公司。目前，公司在中国拥有40多家公司，50多处生产设施以及2200多名员工，确立了坚实的市场基础，为各行各业提供服务。

惠生能源是惠生集团旗下成员，自2003年开始运营，它以煤为原料，采用洁净煤生产技术，为客户长期供应高质量的一氧化碳、甲醇、氢气、合成气、富氢气、硫磺等基础化工原料，是中国领先的煤制工业气体供应商之一。惠生集团总部设在上海，是一家致力于工程服务、海洋工程、清洁能源、生物制药和通讯等高科技产业的多元化企业集团。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和工艺气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站：www.airproducts.com。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2010年9月30日结束。

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Air Products Breaks Ground on Louisiana ITM Oxygen Production Test Facility

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has broken ground in Convent, Louisiana where it will build a 100 ton per day (TPD) ion transport membrane (ITM) oxygen production test facility. The pilot plant project will include both an ITM unit producing oxygen and an electrical cogeneration unit producing power. The ITM demonstration project is funded in part by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and is to be operational in the second half of 2012.

“At 20 times the increased oxygen volume, this Louisiana project marks a significant scale-up in size from our successful five TPD ITM facility. The 100 TPD unit to be built is an intermediate size unit and will provide reliable engineering and economic data to position this technology for the next scale up in size to approximately 2,000 TPD, which we see as the logical step toward serving much larger energy plants,” said Ted Foster, director–Business Development at Air Products. “We appreciate DOE’s continued support in this developmental work and believe that ITM oxygen technology will play a role in advancing clean power generation in both today’s power market and also in the future in the expected carbon-constrained environment.”

ITM technology uses a ceramic material which, under pressure and temperature, ionizes and separates oxygen molecules from air. No external source of electrical power is required in this process. ITM technology has the potential to produce oxygen more economically and efficiently, decrease the oxygen plant footprint, and also decrease the cooling water requirement for most large oxygen demand applications. The technology would be an alternative to traditional cryogenic air separation units, the conventional means of producing the large quantities of oxygen required by steel mills, an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant, and also the newer oxy-combustion electric power plants which would capture carbon dioxide. The air separation process contributes to the overall capital cost of the traditional IGCC power plant and up to 80 percent of the internal power demand.

“The 100 TPD unit will feature ITM pilot plant sized vessels and really start bringing us into the range of a commercial facility. It also will be the first time we have co-located an ITM unit and a cogeneration facility. The pilot plant project will allow us to show how well the two technologies could work on a larger scale and use the capability to produce power to optimize the ITM control system to benefit larger ITM-based cogen plants in the future,” said Foster. The cogen facility will produce about five MW of electric power, which will be used to operate the oxygen plant and for export power.

Air Products has been a leader in the development and application of ITM oxygen technology since 1988. It has operated a five TPD prototype ITM test facility funded in part by DOE in Sparrows Point, Maryland since 2006. This Louisiana ITM technology work will build on investments by Air Products and DOE to develop options to lower the capital and operating cost of IGCC and oxy-combustion electric power generation plants. Air Products is also currently working toward accelerating commercial manufacturing of ion transport membrane modules to initiate the development of the 2,000 TPD pre-commercial scale facility.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Waterstoftankstation van Air Products haalt waterstof uit afvalwater

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, een van de grootste leveranciers van waterstof en waterstoftechnologie ter wereld, heeft een nieuw waterstoftankstation geopend in Californië. Het tankstation gebruikt waterstof, dat gewonnen wordt uit afvalwater van de gemeentelijke waterzuiveringsinstallatie in het Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) in Fountain Valley. Behalve waterstof wordt er bij de waterzuiveringsinstallatie elektriciteit en warmte opgewekt. De hoeveelheid waterstof, die in de installatie wordt geproduceerd is voldoende om 25 tot 50 voertuigen dagelijks van waterstof te voorzien.

Het productieproces van waterstof bij de waterzuiveringsinstallatie maakt gebruik van methaangas dat gevormd wordt in de tanks, waarin het afvalwater is opgeslagen. Het gas wordt gereinigd en in een reformer omgezet in waterstof, waarna de waterstof in een brandstofcel wordt omgezet in elektriciteit. De 250 kilowatt aan elektriciteit en de bij het proces vrijgekomen warmte worden in het complex voor verschillenden processen gebruikt. Het overtollige waterstof dat niet direct wordt omgezet in elektriciteit wordt verder gezuiverd om het geschikt te maken voor het vullen van voertuigen bij het tankstation dat door Air Products op het terrein is gebouwd.

“Dit project laat zien hoe goed deze technologie voor de productie van waterstof werkt. De technologie kan worden toegepast op afvalwater, maar ook op andere (bio)afvalproducten. Voor Air Products is het project in Californië de eerste keer dat er waterstof uit afvalwater wordt geproduceerd”, vertelt Ed Heydorn, business development manager van Hydrogen Energy Systems bij Air Products. “We zijn nu in staat om met behulp van onze technologie waterstof uit een breed scala van grondstoffen te produceren, waardoor waterstoftechnologie steeds aantrekkelijker wordt. Niet alleen om efficiënt met afval om te gaan, maar ook om op een duurzame manier energie op te wekken en te gebruiken.” Heydorn was trouwens vol lof over de goede samenwerking tussen het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Energie, dat een deel van het project gefinancierd heeft, het National Fuel Cell Research Center van de University of California, de California Air Resources Board, het South Coast Air Quality Management District, OCSD, Air Products en andere toeleveranciers bij de realisering van het project.

“Het is het toppunt van duurzaamheid om menselijk afval te gebruiken voor de productie van elektriciteit, brandstof en warmte, waardoor afval omgezet wordt in nuttige producten”, zegt professor Scott Samuelsen, directeur van het National Fuel Cell Research in Californië. “Dit soort projecten wijst in de richting van mogelijke oplossingen van de huidige problemen met transport-, energie- en waterbronnen”.

Ed Torres, directeur Operations and Maintenance bij OCSD, ziet het project vooral als onderdeel van de oplossing van de problemen met de luchtkwaliteit in de regio. “Auto’s op waterstof zijn emissieloos en dus een prima alternatief voor de verbetering van de luchtkwaliteit. En dat is zeker in deze regio waar zeer hoge eisen gesteld worden aan de verkeersemissies van groot belang.”

Er zijn vele afvalstromen die kunnen profiteren van deze technologie voor de productie van waterstof: afval uit landbouw en veeteelt, van de voedingsmiddelenbedrijven zoals brouwerijen en stortgas kunnen als grondstof gebruikt worden. Wanneer al deze afvalstromen omgezet zouden worden in waterstof zouden 200 miljoen brandstofcelauto’s in de Verenigde Staten van waterstof voorzien kunnen worden.

Air Products beschikt nu al over elf werkende tankstations in Californië. In mei werd nog een tankstation geopend dat de waterstof via een pijpleiding geleverd krijgt van een waterstoffabriek van Air Products, die overigens aan meer tankstations en aan producenten van waterstofauto’s levert. Wereldwijd heeft Air Products inmiddels meer dan 130 waterstoftankstations geplaatst, waar personenauto’s, vrachtwagens, bussen, heftrucks, vliegtuigen en zelfs onderzeeboten tanken.

Air Products facility at Aberdeen Scoops Prestigious Gold Safety Award

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) facility at Aberdeen, which supplies diving and other specialist gases and equipment to the North Sea’s offshore oil and gas industry, has scooped a coveted Gold Safety Award from the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA).

The facility has received the award for its impressive health and safety record, after notching up 50 consecutive years without a lost time accident. The company’s facility at Siewierz in Poland also received a Gold Award for Safety.

Gary Adam, commercial manager at Air Products, said:

“When it comes to diving gases and gases used for use during subsea construction or oil and gas exploration, quality and reliability are crucial. We are supplying these products in a fast-changing business environment, where safety standards are a priority. For this reason, the Gold Safety Award from EIGA is especially highly prized.”

Air Products has more than 35 years of expertise serving offshore industries in the North Sea and other established oil and gas exploration hubs in the Middle East, South East Asia and Brazil. As world demand for offshore gases continues to grow, the business is continuing to expand its offshore services globally, mainly in Brazil and China and is also providing standardised, IMCA-approved equipment from all offshore depots.

For more information about Air Products total offshore solutions, email or telephone 0800 3890202.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Editor's Note:

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

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空气产品公司助力深圳“绿色”大运会

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，作为全球领先的工业气体和功能材料供应商之一，今天宣布其已成功完成了为26届世界大学生运动会（以下简称大运会）用氢燃料电池车提供氢气。已于8月23日圆满闭幕的2011年深圳大运会拥有一支由60多辆氢燃料电池车组成的车队，成为继2008年北京奥运会和2010年广州亚运会后，空气产品公司成功提供氢燃料的又一中国国内节能和新能源车示范项目。空气产品公司同时还提供液氮供加氢站之用。

由同济大学提供氢燃料电池技术，深圳本地企业五洲龙汽车有限公司研制，并使用空气产品公司的氢气作为燃料，这些氢燃料电池车在本届大运会期间为来自152个国家和地区的12000多运动员和政府官员，提供了往返各运动场馆的交通服务。

“我们非常荣幸能支持中国政府成功举办一届节能环保的大运会，并借此更进一步推动新能源汽车的商业化。” 空气产品公司亚洲区工业气体部副总裁苏俊雄先生表示，“这已是空气产品公司第三次支持此类运动赛事。这足以证明在支持如大运会的重大活动上，我们产品的质量、安全性和可靠性是值得信赖的。”

空气产品公司在华南地区具有强大的整合型供应能力。其位于珠海的工厂是广东省内最大的高纯制氢工厂，公司通过槽车把氢气运送至在大运会场地内的加氢站；而高品质的液氮则由其深圳工厂提供。

空气产品公司在华南地区拥有多套设施，也是首批投资深圳的跨国气体公司之一。公司于1987年在深圳蛇口工业区内设立工厂，生产和销售各种瓶装高纯气、液化气、混合气以及特种气。同时，公司在广州经济技术开发区内设立的空分装置，是全国最大的液态气体生产设备之一。另外，位于莆田的空分装置使用液化天然气冷能生产工业气体，可满足福建快速增长的工业市场需求。

作为加氢技术的全球领导者，空气产品公司已在美国和全球其他19个国家和地区建造了130多个加氢站。目前部分汽车、材料装卸设备、火车、飞机甚至潜艇均已采用这种创新技术并使用氢燃料，该技术融合了空气产品公司的专业知识、设备和氢气。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和工艺气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站www.airproducts.com 。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2009年9月30日结束。

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空气产品公司墨西哥湾海岸氢气管道系统提供更多的氢气

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，作为全球领先的氢气供应商，今天宣布与Motiva公司签署了一份长期协议，向其位于路易斯安那州康文特市的Motiva炼油厂增加氢气产品供应。目前，空气产品公司墨西哥湾海岸氢气管网已经开始为该项目供气。这一业内领先的管网服务于该地区的多家炼油和石化企业。根据协议，空气产品公司还将通过其在德克萨斯州和路易斯安那州的管网，调度部分供给Motiva 康文特炼油厂的氢气产品供沿线的其他Motiva炼油厂使用。

空气产品公司北美能源炼化事业部副总裁莫炜邦先生表示：“我们现有的、高度可靠的管网在获得此项协议上发挥了重要作用。我们已为Motiva康文特炼油厂服务多年，证明了我们拥有可靠的供气能力。我们将德克萨斯州和路易斯安那州的氢气管网连接后，我们就能为客户提供更为灵活的供气方案，从而为他们创造更多价值。作为市场领导者，我们一直致力于满足客户不断增长的氢气产品需求。”

自2006年起，空气产品公司就开始使用现场甲烷蒸汽重整装置为Motiva 康文特炼油厂提供氢气。这次增加的氢气供应将直接从空气产品公司墨西哥湾海岸管网输送。目前，空气产品公司在得克萨斯州和路易斯安那州均运营有氢气管网。连接这两个管网的工程正在建设之中，建成后，该管道系统将成为全球最大的氢气工厂和管道供应网络。

空气产品公司在2010年宣布，计划兴建一条长为180英里（约290公里）的新管道。新管道扩建工程目前处于项目执行阶段，它将把空气产品公司在德克萨斯州与路易斯安那州的氢气输送系统连接起来。项目完工后，空气产品公司的氢气管网将从德克萨斯州休斯顿航道扩展到新奥尔良。这一一体化管道系统将把20多家氢气工厂和超过600英里的管道连接在一起，可以每天为路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州的炼油厂和石化企业提供超过12亿立方英尺（约3400万立方米）的氢气产品。新的墨西哥湾海岸氢气管网预计在2012年投入运营。

该协议是空气产品公司墨西哥湾海岸管网新近赢得的第二个氢气供应协议。8月8日，空气产品公司宣布从2013年中开始，将为壳牌公司德克萨斯州鹿园炼油厂长期供应氢气。

空气产品公司凭借其专业的经验，已经安全运营其遍布全球的氢气管网长达40年的历史。这些管网为世界各地的炼油和石化企业安全、稳定和可靠地供应氢气。除墨西哥湾氢气管道系统外，空气产品公司还在美国南加州、加拿大安大略省的萨尼亚、阿尔伯塔省的埃德蒙顿以及荷兰鹿特丹等地拥有和运营多个氢气管网。

氢气被广泛应用于炼油工艺，以分离原油中的杂质，例如硫、烯烃和芳烃等，从而满足成品燃油的规格要求。去除这些成分之后，汽油和柴油的燃烧将会更清洁，因此，氢气已成为生产现代高效内燃发动机所需要的清洁燃料中，必不可少的组成部分。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和工艺气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站 www.airproducts.com。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2010年9月30日结束。

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Air Products gaat duurzame energie uit huisafval winnen

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products heeft toestemming gekregen voor de bouw van een nieuwe installatie voor de opwekking van duurzame energie in het Britse Tees Valley. De installatie, die in het New Energy and Technology Business Park bij Billingham verrijst, zet voorbewerkt huis- en bedrijfsafval dat normaal gestort zou worden door vergassing om in duurzame energie. De installatie produceert per jaar 49 megawatt uit 300.000 ton afval en kan 50.000 huishoudens in het Noordoosten van Engeland van elektriciteit voorzien. De installatie is de eerste van een serie, die Air Products de komende jaren in Engeland wil bouwen.

“De bouwvergunning is een belangrijke stap in de realisatie van ons eerste project in Engeland voor het opwekken van energie uit afval”, vertelt Ian Williamson, Europees directeur waterstof en bio-energie bij Air Products. “In de installatie maken we gebruik van de nieuwste en meest geavanceerde vergassingstechnologie om duurzame energie op te wekken. Op termijn kan onze technologie ook ingezet worden voor de productie van duurzame waterstof, die in brandstofcellen wordt omgezet in elektriciteit. Dit project voor duurzame energievoorziening kan dus ook een rol gaan spelen in de verdere ontwikkeling van de waterstofeconomie, een terrein waarop Air Products zeer actief is.”

Partners
Het project in Tees Valley wordt door Air Products opgezet in nauwe samenwerking met de eigenaar van het terrein, Impetus Waste Management, milieuadviesbureau Atkins en AlterNRG, de technologiepartner van Air Products. Als onderdeel van de voorbereidingen is een aantal technische- en milieustudies uitgevoerd. Er werden lokale en nationale organisaties geraadpleegd en ook lokale bewoners en bedrijven kregen de kans hun inbreng te geven.
Naar alle waarschijnlijkheid start de bouw van de installatie eind van dit jaar. In 2014 moet de installatie operationeel zijn. De bouw van de installatie biedt werk aan vijfhonderd tot zevenhonderd werknemers. Voor de commerciële exploitatie zijn circa vijftig vaste werknemers nodig. Air Products hoopt de komende jaren meer van dit soort vergassingsfabrieken voor afval in Engeland te bouwen, die samen zo’n 250 megawatt elektriciteit gaan opleveren.

Vergassing
De installatie maakt gebruik van vergassingstechnologie, die al vijftien jaar in de afvalverwerking wordt toegepast. Twee vergelijkbare installaties zijn de afgelopen zeven jaar in Japan gebruikt voor het omzetten van huishoudelijk en industrieel afval in energie. Ze bleken zeer betrouwbaar te zijn en voldeden aan de strenge Japanse emissieregels. De vergassingstechnologie wordt gebruikt om verschillende grondstoffen (vooral niet-recyclebaar afval) om te zetten in energierijk gas, dat gebruikt kan worden om duurzame energie, waterstof of biobrandstoffen te produceren. Aan het eind van het proces blijft er een ongevaarlijk restproduct over, dat gebruikt kan worden voor de productie van bijvoorbeeld vloertegels, isolatiemateriaal, sierstenen of voor het aanleggen van wegen. De installatie van Air Products in Tees Valley wordt uitgerust met de meest geavanceerde reinigingstechnologie om de uitstoot van schadelijke emissies tijdens de vergassing nog verder terug te dringen.

Afvalbeheer
De nieuwe waste-to-energy installatie levert niet alleen een bijdrage aan de doelstellingen van de lokale overheid van Stockton op het gebied van energievoorziening, milieuzorg en werkgelegenheid, maar wordt ook door de Engelse overheid goed ontvangen. Het project biedt namelijk niet alleen mogelijkheden voor een duurzamere methode voor het beheren en verwijderen van afval, maar ook voor de productie van alternatieve energie. “De nieuwe technologie is een goede aanvulling op de al bestaande technologieën om energie uit afval te halen”, zei Greg Barker, minister van Energie en Klimaatverandering. “Energieopwekking uit afval leidt tot een aanzienlijke vermindering van de hoeveelheid afval die gestort moet worden en levert bovendien een belangrijke bijdrage aan de koolstofarme energievoorziening in het land.”

空气产品公司签订德克萨斯州氢气供应合同

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，作为全球领先的氢气供应商，宣布与壳牌石油公司签署一份长期协议，将为壳牌公司德克萨斯州的鹿园炼油厂供应所需的大部分氢气。该氢气供应项目将于2013年中期启动。鹿园炼油厂的供气设施将与空气产品公司的墨西哥湾海岸氢气管网相连。这一业内领先的管网服务于该地区多家炼油和石化企业。

空气产品公司北美能源炼化事业部副总裁莫炜邦表示：“我们很高兴能被壳牌选为鹿园炼油厂的氢气供应商。这份协议再次证明我们的墨西哥湾海岸氢气管网具有很高的灵活性和可靠性。这一管网具有很强的适应性，如果有必要，可以将气体输送到整个墨西哥湾海岸地区的客户用气现场。这种强大的供气能力得到了客户的认可，我们也因此赢得了这份合同。”

空气产品公司正致力于建设并增强墨西哥湾海岸氢气管道的供气能力，使之成为世界上最大的氢气管网。空气产品公司在2010年宣布，计划兴建一条长为180英里（约290公里）的新管道。新管道扩建工程目前处于项目执行阶段，它将把空气产品公司在德克萨斯州与路易斯安那州的氢气输送系统连接起来。项目完工后，空气产品公司的氢气管网将从德克萨斯州休斯顿航道扩展到新奥尔良。这一一体化管道系统将把20多家氢气工厂和超过600英里的管道连接在一起，可以每天为路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州的炼油厂和石化企业提供超过12亿立方英尺（约3400万立方米）的氢气产品。新的墨西哥湾海岸氢气管网预计在2012年投入运营。

空气产品公司凭借其专业的经验，已经安全运营其遍布全球的氢气管网长达40年的历史。这些管网为世界各地的炼油和石化企业安全、稳定和可靠地供应氢气。除墨西哥湾氢气管道系统外，空气产品公司还在美国南加州、加拿大安大略省的萨尼亚、阿尔伯塔省的埃德蒙顿以及荷兰鹿特丹等地拥有和运营多个氢气管网。

氢气被广泛应用于炼油工艺，以分离原油中的杂质，例如硫、烯烃和芳烃等，从而满足成品燃油的规格要求。去除这些成分之后，汽油和柴油的燃烧将会更清洁，因此，氢气已成为生产现代高效内燃发动机所需要的清洁燃料中，必不可少的组成部分。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和工艺气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站 www.airproducts.com 。

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Hydrogen for Air Products’ Newest Fueling Station Comes From a Sustainable Source--Municipal Wastewater

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leader in hydrogen fueling technology, today officially opened its newest California hydrogen fueling station drawing its feedstock from a very novel and sustainable source. Air Products is pumping hydrogen into fuel cell vehicles that is generated from the municipal wastewater treatment plant at the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) in Fountain Valley. In addition to generating hydrogen, the project also creates electricity and heat from this renewable source. This technology application is uniquely the first in the world and opens significant opportunities for other biogas feedstock streams.

Methane gas is created while the wastewater at the OCSD facility sits in holding tanks. This methane begins a clean-up process where the gas stream enters a purification system and then feeds into a fuel cell, built by FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL), where it is reformed to hydrogen. In the fuel cell, clean electricity is produced for use at the OCSD facility, and the heat created could also be directed to several site uses. Excess hydrogen not converted to electricity leaves the unit and is further purified to make it vehicle grade for fuel cell automobile fueling via Air Products’ technology. The facility will produce enough hydrogen for 25 to 50 fuel cell vehicle fuelings per day and generate 250 kilowatts of electricity daily.

“This location will show how well this technology works and can be applied to wastewater and other waste applications to generate hydrogen. It is another first for Air Products in terms of the varied sources of feed from which hydrogen can be produced, stored and dispensed by our proprietary fueling technology,” said Ed Heydorn, business development manager–Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products. “Another plus is that renewable hydrogen is required to be in the mix in fueling stations in California. We look to this type of technology as a platform to meet the renewable requirement and to supply even cleaner hydrogen to the next generation of fuel cell vehicles.” Heydorn also praised the public-private project collaboration that included the United States Department of Energy, which provided partial funding; OCSD; Air Products; FuelCell Energy; National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine; California Air Resources Board; and South Coast Air Quality Management District.

“This is the epitome of sustainability by taking a human waste and transforming it into electricity which we need, and transportation fuel that we need, as well as thermal product heat that could serve the process of transforming the feed waste into productive products,” said Professor Scott Samuelsen, director–National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine. “This project is at the nexus of the challenge for the next millennium associating how we handle in concert transportation, energy and water resources.”

Ed Torres, director–Operations and Maintenance for OCSD, views the project as part of the solution to air quality issues in the region. “It provides an alternative to us in dealing with air quality in this basin where we are heavily regulated. The project also ensures us going into the future that we have a technology that can provide power and heat and produces a transportation fuel with no emissions and comes from a renewable source. I think this provides a promising future for our industry.”

Feedstock sources such as agricultural, food, and brewery wastes and landfill gas can benefit from this technology. If all of these available streams were converted to hydrogen, it could support fueling up to 200 million fuel cell vehicles in the U.S. with hydrogen and point to sustainable energy independence.

Air Products was also involved with another fueling station opening in California three months ago and has 11 stations operating in the state overall. In May, Air Products’ West Coast hydrogen pipeline system and industry-leading fueling technology were integral in opening the United States’ first-ever pipeline-fed hydrogen fueling station. The Torrance station supplies hydrogen for several automobile manufacturers’ fuel cell vehicles in the Los Angeles area. Details on Air Products’ portfolio of hydrogen fueling station technologies are provided at www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 15,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 130 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 350,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

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Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Announces North America Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Helium Gases

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Effective September 1, 2011, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will be implementing a price increase of 15 percent for liquid and bulk helium gases in North America.

The pricing adjustment is the result of several factors including the continued strong demand over the past year for helium and significant reductions in supply. The helium market has been tight across the globe with product allocations implemented by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and with many other global helium sources producing below capacity. Additionally, new helium sources located primarily outside of the U.S. are extremely expensive, wholesale prices for crude and processed liquid helium have increased, and costs have escalated for power and diesel.

Air Products’ worldwide helium team is managing this difficult situation on a daily basis so that it can continue to bring uninterruptible supply to customers. It is expected that demand will exceed supply for the next two to three years, thus creating ongoing shortages in the market.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Secures Planning Permission for Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products has secured planning permission from Stockton on Tees Borough Council for its Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility. The facility is the first of a number of energy from waste plants that Air Products will be looking to develop in the UK over the next few years.

The advanced gasification energy from waste (EfW) scheme, located at the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside will convert pre-processed household and commercial waste currently going to landfill into baseload, renewable power for up to 50,000 homes in the North East. Producing 49MW of electricity from about 300,000 tonnes of waste, the facility is one of the largest advanced gasification projects planned for the UK.

Ian Williamson, European Hydrogen and Bioenergy Director at Air Products said: “We’re really pleased to have secured Stockton Council’s approval for our first energy from waste project in the UK. Our facility will be using the latest and most advanced gasification technology to generate renewable power and at the same time, contribute towards Stockton Council’s environment, energy and economic investment objectives.”

The 49MW Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility is Air Products’ first advanced gasification energy scheme to be developed in the UK. The company anticipates that between 500 and 700 people will be employed during the project’s construction phase with 50 permanent jobs being created once the facility enters commercial operation. Air Products hopes to build up to five advanced gasification plants in the UK in the coming years with the potential to generate around 250MW of electricity.

“Air Products, along with our technology partner, AlterNRG, see Tees Valley as the first of a number of advanced gasification facilities that we wish to develop in the UK. The UK is seeking more sustainable ways to manage and dispose of its waste, and is looking to diversify its sources of electricity generation: our technology is able to deliver on both counts” commented Ian, “In the longer-term, our technology can also produce renewable hydrogen and is being considered for a demonstration of Waste2Tricity’s fuel cell technology. So our renewable energy facility could also play a part in the further development of the hydrogen economy, an area in which Air Products already has considerable experience.”

Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “I welcome the progress that Air Products has made with its project to bring advanced gasification to the UK. Energy from waste leads to considerable reductions in waste going into landfill, and makes an important contribution to the UK’s low-carbon energy supply. This new technology will be an exciting addition to the energy from waste sector and I look forward to seeing the announcement of more of these projects.”

The company has taken the project through the planning process in close collaboration with the site’s owners, Impetus Waste Management, and their planning and environmental consultant, Atkins.

Subject to the financing of the project given current support mechanisms and securing environmental permitting consent from the Environment Agency, work on site could start next year, with commercial operations starting in 2014.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

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Local Support
Since the project was announced in July 2010 it received support from the regional development agency One North East via the Tees Valley Industrial Programme, and has benefited from the active encouragement and support of various local organisations including NEPIC, the North East Chamber of Commerce, RenewPlus and Tees Valley Unlimited, as well as from local MPs, Alex Cunningham and James Wharton.

About the Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility
The Tees Valley Renewable Energy facility will use advanced gasification technology to provide renewable electricity for up to 50,000 homes in the North East. The 49MW power plant will be located at the Reclamation Pond site (adjacent to the North Tees Chemical Complex), which is now part of the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside.

The plant will mostly use non-recyclable waste (i.e. household, commercial and industrial waste left over after recycling) that is currently going to landfill sites in the Teesside area for the production of renewable energy in the North East. Longer term, this plant has the potential to generate a renewable source of hydrogen for commercial use, for example to fuel public transport.

As part of the planning process, Air Products and its project team carried out a series of technical and environmental studies. The company also consulted local and national organisations about the project, as well as sharing its plans with local residents and businesses. In October 2010, public exhibitions were held in Stockton and Port Clarence and a leaflet about the project was distributed to more than 7,500 households in the area. For more information, visit www.airproducts.co.uk/teesvalley.

About Advanced Gasification Technology
The facility will be one of the first advanced gasification plants of this size in the UK, using technology already employed in other countries and proven as an efficient and environmentally friendly way of producing energy from waste.

Advanced gasification technology is used to convert a variety of feedstocks (for example non-recyclable waste) into an energy rich gas stream product which can be used to generate renewable power, hydrogen or biofuels. A non-hazardous by-product (slag) is also produced which could potentially be beneficially used in the manufacture of other products such as floor tiles, insulation, landscaping blocks or road aggregate.

AlterNRG’s Westinghouse gasification solution – which will be used at the proposed facility - has been operating in waste destruction facilities and generating energy from waste for over 15 years. Two existing facilities in Japan have been processing household and other industrial wastes into energy for over 7 years and have proven to be reliable and has met stringent Japanese emission standards. The proposed Air Products facility will incorporate the best available, proprietary clean-up technology to reduce emissions further, making for clean and renewable energy production.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

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Air Products Gulf Coast Pipeline Fills Additional Hydrogen Requirement

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced a long-term agreement with Motiva Enterprises LLC for an additional supply of hydrogen to be used by Motiva’s Convent, Louisiana refinery. The hydrogen supply, which has already commenced, is from Air Products’ industry-leading Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline supply network that serves multiple refinery and petrochemical companies in the region. The agreement includes the ability for Air Products to direct some of the hydrogen product supplied to Motiva’s Convent Refinery to other Motiva refineries along Air Products’ pipeline network in both Texas and Louisiana.

“Having a highly reliable pipeline supply capability already in place was important to this contract. We have supplied Motiva’s Convent facility for years and have demonstrated our ability to reliably supply product to the refinery. The additional flexibility in supply options available to customers when we connect the Texas and Louisiana hydrogen pipelines creates a lot of value. As the market leader we are always working to be responsive to customers’ additional hydrogen demand,” said Wilbur Mok, vice president - North America Tonnage Gases at Air Products.

Air Products has been supplying hydrogen to Motiva at Convent in part from an on-site steam methane reformer facility since 2006. The additional hydrogen supply will come directly from Air Products’ Gulf Coast pipeline supply network. Currently, Air Products operates hydrogen pipelines in both Texas and Louisiana. Work is underway to connect the two systems to make it the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network.

Air Products announced plans to construct a new 180-mile long pipeline in 2010. The new pipeline extension, which is in the project execution phase, will connect Air Products’ Texas hydrogen system to the Louisiana hydrogen system. Once complete, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline supply network will stretch from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans. This integrated pipeline system will unite over 20 hydrogen plants and over 600 miles of pipelines. It will supply the Louisiana and Texas refinery and petrochemical industries with over 1.2 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day. The new Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network is expected to be operational in 2012.

This is the second recent announcement of new hydrogen supply agreements sourced from Air Products’ Gulf Coast pipeline supply network. Yesterday, Air Products announced the long-term supply of hydrogen to be used at Shell’s Deer Park, Texas refinery beginning in mid-2013.

Globally, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline operational expertise is evidenced by the 40 year safe operation of its network of systems. Pipelines offer a safe, robust and reliable supply of hydrogen to the refinery and petrochemical industry around the world. In addition to the Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system, Air Products also has hydrogen pipeline networks operating around the world in the U.S. in Southern California; in Canada in Sarnia, Ontario, and Edmonton, Alberta; and in The Netherlands in Rotterdam.

Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics to meet the product fuels specifications. Removing these components allows gasoline and diesel to burn cleaner and thus makes hydrogen a critical component in the production of cleaner fuels needed by modern, efficient internal combustion engines.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Awarded a Hydrogen Supply Agreement in Texas

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced a long-term agreement with Shell Oil Company for the supply of a significant portion of the hydrogen requirements at Shell’s Deer Park, Texas refinery. The hydrogen supply will commence in mid-2013. The Deer Park facility will be connected to Air Products’ industry-leading Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline supply network that serves multiple refinery and petrochemical companies in the region.

“We are pleased to be selected to supply Shell’s hydrogen need at Deer Park. The structure of this agreement is another example of the flexibility and reliability provided by our Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network. The value created by the versatility of the pipeline network to be able to shift supply, if necessary, to customer facilities throughout the Gulf Coast was recognized and resulted in our winning this business,” said Wilbur Mok, vice president – North America Tonnage Gases at Air Products.

Air Products is working toward enhancing its hydrogen pipeline supply capability in the Gulf Coast to make it the world’s largest hydrogen pipeline network. Air Products announced plans to construct a new 180-mile long pipeline in October 2010. The new pipeline extension, which is in the project execution phase, will connect Air Products’ Texas hydrogen system to the Louisiana hydrogen system. Once complete, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline supply network will stretch from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, creating the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. This integrated pipeline system will unite over 20 hydrogen plants and over 600 miles of pipelines. It will supply the Louisiana and Texas refinery and petrochemical industries with over 1.2 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day. The new Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network is expected to be operational in 2012.

Weltweit erste schwimmende Flüssigerdgas-Anlage nutzt Air Products-Technologie

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Der Industriegasehersteller Air Products liefert seine patentierten krygonenen Wärmetauscher für den Betrieb der weltweit ersten schwimmenden Anlage zur Erdgasförderung und -verflüssigung (Floating Liquified Natural Gas facility, FLNG). Die Anlage entsteht im Auftrag von Shell im Rahmen des "Prelude Projects" vor der westaustralischen Küste im "Browse Basin" und wird von einem Industriekonsortium, bestehend aus den Unternehmen Technip und Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), realisiert. Shell hatte eine endgültige Investitionsentscheidung im Mai verkündet. Air Products ist Vertragspartner des Anlagenbauunternehmens Technip, das innerhalb des Konsortiums für Design und Konstruktion der Anlage verantwortlich ist.

Wichtiger Schritt zur Nutzbarmachung von Offshore-Gasfeldern

Die Anlage entsteht etwa 200 km vor der westaustralischen Küste. Es handelt sich dabei mit rund 500 Metern um die größte jemals gebaute Offshore-Anlage. Schwimmende Flüssigerdgas-Anlagen ermöglichen die zum Transport notwendige Erdgasverflüssigung direkt am Förderungsort über den Gasfeldern und machen den Transport des Gases sowie entsprechende Verflüssigungsanlagen an Land überflüssig. Die Verflüssigung des Erdgases erfolgt durch kryogene Kühlung mittels den von Air Products konzipierten Wärmetauschern. Diese neuartige Alternative zu traditionellen Flüssigerdgas-Anlagen an Land ermöglicht eine wirtschaftliche und umweltschonende Nutzbarmachung von Offshore-Gasfeldern.

„Es gibt weltweit ein großes Interesse an der Erschließung von Offshore-Gasfeldern. Mit der neu konzipierten Anlage entsteht für alle Beteiligten ein neues Marktsegment. Entsprechend war die Entwicklung zahlreicher technologischer Innovationen notwendig. Hierin liegt eine der Stärken von Air Products. Genaugenommen befassen wir uns bereits seit rund zehn Jahren mit dem Design einer schwimmenden Anlage zur Erdgasverflüssigung. Dazu gehören Studien, wie etwa eine Versuchsanlage für unsere Wärmetauscher bei Seegang. Damit hat sich Air Products frühzeitig als Vorreiter für einen wichtigen Industrietrend positioniert“, erklärt Jim Solomon, Director LNG bei Air Products.

Air Products-Technologie weltweit im Einsatz

Der größte Teil des weltweit verflüssigten Erdgases wird mit Technologie von Air Products produziert. Das Unternehmen hat bisher weltweit über 90 kryogene Wärmetauscher konzipiert, gebaut und in 15 verschiedene Länder exportiert. Produktionsstandort für die Wärmetauscher ist Wilkes-Barre im US-Bundesstaat Pennsylvania. Air Products liefert die Prozess-Technologie und Equipment für die Erdgasverflüssigung und den anschließenden Transport sowie für Stickstoffanlagen zum Betrieb der LNG-Anlagen, Ausrüstung für kleine und mittlere LNG-Anlagen sowie für schwimmende LNG-Anlagen.

Weitere Informationen sowie Bilder zum „Prelude Project“ von Shell finden Sie unter www.shell.com.au/home/content/aus/aboutshell/who_we_are/shell_au/operations/upstream/prelude.

Über Air Products
Air Products (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) bietet seinen Kunden in Industrie, Energiewirtschaft und Gesundheit ein weltweit einzigartiges Portfolio von Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgasen, Hochleistungsmaterialien sowie Anlagen und Dienstleistungen. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 1940 hat sich Air Products eine führende Stellung in bedeutenden Wachstumsmärkten wie der Halbleiterindustrie, der Wasserstofferzeugung, der Erdgasverflüssigung und des Gesundheitswesens sowie moderner Schicht- und Klebstoffe erarbeitet. Im Mittelpunkt der Unternehmenskultur stehen Innovation, effiziente Prozesse und ein umfassendes Sicherheits- und Umweltbewusstsein. Air Products erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2010 einen Umsatz von mehr als 9 Milliarden US-Dollar und beschäftigte in mehr als 40 Ländern 18.300 Mitarbeiter. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.airproducts.de.

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Air Products start grootschalig project voor CO2-opvang in Texas

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, één van de grootste leveranciers van industriële gassen ter wereld, heeft een overeenkomst ondertekend met raffinaderij Valero Energy Corporation en olie- en gasmaatschappij Denbury Onshore voor de start van een grootschalig project voor de opvang en opslag van koolstofdioxide (CO2) in Port Arthur, Texas. Air Products start eind 2012 met de opvang van CO2 en levert deze via de Denbury Green Pipeline aan Denbury Onshore. De CO2 wordt door de oliemaatschappij gebruikt voor de winning van olie.

Air Products bouwt en exploiteert voor het project een geavanceerd systeem voor het opvangen en reinigen van CO2 die afkomstig is van twee waterstoffabrieken (stoommethaanreformers, SMR’s) bij de Valero-raffinaderij in Port Arthur. De beide reformers produceren waterstof voor de productie van schone brandstoffen. De waterstof wordt gebruikt door diverse raffinaderijen, die gekoppeld zijn aan de waterstofpijpleiding van Air Products in de Gulf Coast. Air Products kan jaarlijks ongeveer één miljoen ton CO2 opvangen, zuiveren en via een pijpleiding aan Denbury Onshore leveren.
“Het tekenen van de overeenkomst is een belangrijke grote stap in de voortgang van dit project”, zei Wilbur Mok, vice-president North America Tonnage Gases van Air Products. “We zijn een belangrijke
leverancier van technologie voor de productie van waterstof en voor de opvang en reiniging van CO2 en als zodanig betrokken bij verschillende projecten in de wereld. Bij het project in Port Arthur krijgen we de kans onze technologie op grote industriële schaal te demonstreren.”

Air Products kreeg in juni 2010 een subsidie van 253 miljoen dollar van het National Energy Technology Laboratory van het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Energie. De subsidie werd toegekend als onderdeel van de tweede fase van het Industrial Carbon and Sequestration (ICCS) programma. Het geld, afkomstig uit het American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, wordt gebruikt voor ontwerp, bouw en exploitatie van de installaties tot september 2015. Het project in Texas was een van de slechts drie projecten, die voor een subsidie in aanmerking kwamen, terwijl Air Products de enige producent van industriële gassen was, die een subsidie van het ministerie kreeg. Het Ministerie van Energie stelt in het totaal 284 miljoen dollar ter beschikking aan het project. Dat is 66% van de totale kosten, die ruim 400 miljoen dollar bedragen.
Het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Energie liet bij de aankondiging van de tweede fase weten dat de succesvolle ontwikkeling van innovatieve concepten en geavanceerde technologie voor de vermindering van CO2-emissies een belangrijk doel is van de Amerikaanse regering in de strijd tegen de klimaatverandering. De projecten die geselecteerd werden richtten zich vooral op het testen van grootschalige opvang en opslag van CO2. Dit soort projecten is een belangrijke voorwaarde voor de toekomstige, verdere commercialisering van dergelijke technologie.

Air Products heeft het afgelopen jaar in samenwerking met het Rotterdam Climate Initiative ook intensief gekeken naar de mogelijkheden voor een vergelijkbaar project in Rotterdam. De nieuwe waterstoffabriek die Air Products daar bouwt, is ook zeer geschikt voor de afvang van CO2. De omstandigheden in Port Arthur waren echter gunstiger voor een dergelijk ontwikkelingsproject. Rotterdam blijft bij Air Products echter ook nadrukkelijk in beeld voor de realisatie van een project voor de opvang en opslag van CO2.

Air Products werkt momenteel aan verschillende projecten voor de opvang, reiniging en opslag van CO2. Bij een R&D-centrum van Vattenfall AB in Duitsland werd vorige maand een installatie voor de opvang en reiniging van CO2 bij een oxyfuel-centrale in gebruik genomen. In samenwerking met het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Energie ontwierp en bouwde Air Products een CO2-zuiveringssysteem voor een Oxyfuel-project bij een energiecentrale in de Amerikaanse staat Connecticut. Daarnaast loopt er in samenwerking met het Alberta Energy Research Institute in de Verenigde Staten een onderzoeksproject voor de afvang van CO2 in combinatie met verbrandingsprocessen op basis van kolenvergassing. Air Products demonstreerde haar oxyfuel-technologie ook samen met het Imperial College London in een 160 kilowatt kolengestookte installatie van Doosan Babcock in Schotland. Dit project is onderdeel van het Oxycoal-UK Project.

Meer informatie over de CO2-technologie van Air Products is te vinden op www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture.

Air Products levert warmtewisselaar voor drijvende LNG-installatie van Shell

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, één van de grootste leveranciers van technologie en equipment voor de verwerking van LNG, heeft bekendgemaakt dat het een van zijn in eigen beheer ontwikkelde cryogene spiraal LNG-warmtewisselaars zal leveren aan een drijvende LNG-installatie van Shell. Het platform komt te liggen in het Browse Bassin, zo’n 200 kilometer uit de noordwestkust van Australië. In mei had Shell al groen licht gegeven voor de investering in het zogenaamde Prelude Floating LNG-project. Air Products was al betrokken bij het ontwerp en de engineering van de installatie, die gebouwd wordt door een consortium van Technip en Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

Met een lengte van 533 meter wordt het nieuwe platform meteen de grootste drijvende LNG-terminal ter wereld. Omdat drijvende installaties direct boven gasvelden in zee geplaatst kunnen worden zijn lange pijpleidingen onder water en een uitgebreide infrastructuur op het land overbodig. Drijvende LNG-terminals zijn daarom een commercieel aantrekkelijk en milieuvriendelijk alternatief voor de exploitatie van offshore-gasvelden.

“Drijvende LNG-terminals zijn ook voor ons nieuw en vereisen de ontwikkeling van nieuwe technologie”, zei Jim Solomon, directeur LNG bij Air Products. “We doen al meer dan tien jaar op grote schaal onderzoek naar het ontwerp van drijvende LNG-terminals. We hebben bijvoorbeeld empirische studies uitgevoerd met onze warmtewisselaars in testopstellingen die de golfslag op zee nabootsen. Daardoor hebben we een goede uitgangspositie als de trend van drijvende LNG-terminals doorzet.” Solomon voegde eraan toe dat Air Products naar aanleiding van het onderzoek veranderingen aan het ontwerp van de warmtewisselaars heeft aangebracht om ze in een drijvende omgeving veilig en efficiënt te laten functioneren.

Nu al maakt een groot deel van de wereldwijde LNG-projecten gebruik van de technologie en installaties van Air Products. Het bedrijf heeft al meer dan 90 warmtewisselaars voor LNG-projecten in meer dan vijftien landen ontworpen en gebouwd. Air Products levert daarnaast procestechnologie en apparatuur voor het vloeibaar maken van gas en stikstoffabrieken voor base-load LNG-installaties. Air Products richt zich daarbij zowel op kleine en middelgrote LNG-installaties als drijvende LNG-installaties en LNG-peak shavers. Air Products levert bovendien membraansystemen voor de dehydratie van stikstof en LNG op offshore platforms; inert gasgeneratoren en stikstof membraamsystemen voor LNG-schepen en cryogene stikstofinstallaties voor LNG-terminals aan land.

Gaz naturel liquéfié La technologie d'Air Products choisie par Shell Australie pour équiper Prélude, la première unité flottante de GNL au monde

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, N°1 mondial en matière de technologie et d’équipement pour la production de GNL (Gaz Naturel Liquéfié) est heureux d’annoncer que c’est son échangeur thermique GNL cryogénique à bobine breveté qui a été choisi pour équiper la première unité flottante de GNL au monde. Cette dernière sera implantée au large de la côte Ouest de l’Australie dans le Browse Basin. En mai dernier, Shell annonçait sa décision définitive de lancer son projet Prélude de GNLF (Equipement flottant d’extraction et de liquéfaction de gaz). Les ingénieurs d’Air Products ont participé à la dernière étape de conception de ce projet aux côtés du consortium composé de Technip et de Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI).

Shell va baser son équipement flottant de GNL à environ 200 km de la côte australienne. Longue de 488 mètres, ce sera l’installation offshore flottante la plus grande du monde. Grâce à de telles usines flottantes, il devient possible de placer les unités de liquéfaction de gaz directement au-dessus des champs offshores de gaz naturel permettant ainsi de s’affranchir de la construction de longues conduites sous-marines et d’importantes infrastructures onshore. Cette alternative offre une approche intéressante tant commercialement que d’un point de vue écologique pour valoriser les champs sous-marins.

« Ceci constitue un nouveau segment sur le marché du GNL pour nous tous et implique d’être innovant, une des forces d’Air Products. L’exploitation des champs en mer de gaz naturel à travers le globe représente un fort potentiel économique. En fait, nous travaillons à la conception de telles unités flottantes depuis plus de 10 ans. Nous avons bouclé les études empiriques sur notre équipement d’échangeur thermique sur une mer en mouvement, tests de plate-forme inclus, de façon à bien nous positionner sur ce que pourrait devenir la tendance majeure dans cette industrie », a déclaré Jim Solomon, Directeur GNL chez Air Products. Il ajoute qu’à l’issue de ces efforts de développement, Air Products a effectué des changements de conception sur son échangeur thermique GNL breveté de façon à pouvoir l’exploiter en toute sécurité et efficacité dans un environnement flottant.

Pour ce projet de FLNG, Air Products est sous contrat avec Technip qui conçoit et construit l’installation en partenariat avec SHI. « Technip pense que sélectionner les fournisseurs de cette industrie les plus compétents est l’un des clés du succès de la FLNG Prélude, la première unité au monde de ce type » a commenté de son côté Joel Leroux, Directeur de projet du Consoritum Techniqp-Samsung.

La plupart des installations de GNL du globe fonctionnent avec la technologie d‘Air Products. Le Groupe a conçu, fabriqué et exporté plus de 90 échangeurs thermique à bobine pour des projets GNL dans 15 pays depuis son usine de Wilkes-Barre en Pennsylvanie (USA) ces 4 dernières décennies. Pour servir l’industrie du GNL ,Air Products propose une technologie de process et des équipements clés pour le cœur du processus de liquéfacton du gaz naturel ainsi que des unités de production d’azote pour les grosses usine de GNL aussi bien que la technologie de process et les équipements pour de petites et moyennes unités de GNL, des unités flottantes et des installations d’écrêtement. En amont, Air Products fournit à la fois de l’azote et des membranes de déhydration du gaz naturel pour les plates-formes offshore. En aval, il offre des générateurs de gaz inertes secs pour les porteurs de GNL, des membranes azote embarqués et des systèmes membranaires cryogénique azote à usage terrestre pour les terminaux d’importation de GNL.

A propos d’Air Products :
Air Products sert des clients dans l’industrie, l’énergie, la technologie et la santé à travers le monde entier grâce à un portefeuille unique de gaz de l’air, gaz process et gaz spéciaux, de matériaux de performance, d’équipements et de services. Fondé en 1940, Air Products a su prendre une place prépondérante sur des marchés clés comme les matériaux semi-conducteurs, l’hydrogène de raffinerie, les services de soins médicaux à domicile, la liquéfaction du gaz naturel, le coating et les adhésifs haute technologie. Le Groupe est reconnu pour sa culture de l’innovation, son excellence opérationnelle et son souci permanent de la sécurité et de l’environnement. Air Products a affiché en 2010 un CA mondial de plus de 9 milliards de dollars, est présent dans plus de 40 pays et emploie 18 900 employés à travers le globe. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur www.airproducts.com.

A propos de Technip :
Technip est un leader mondial du management de projets, de l’ingénierie et de la construction pour l’industrie de l’énergie. Des développements subsea les plus profonds aux infrastructures offshore et onshore les plus vastes et les plus complexes, ses 23 000 collaborateurs proposent les meilleures solutions et les technologies les plus innovantes pour répondre au défi énergétique mondial.

Implanté dans 48 pays sur tous les continents, Technip dispose d’infrastructures industrielles de pointe et d’une flotte de navires spécialisés dans l’installation de conduites et la construction sous-marines. L’action Technip est cotée sur le marché NYSE Euronext Paris et sur le marché hors cote américain. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur www.technip.com.

Air Products’ Leading Technology Selected for World’s First Floating LNG facility at Shell’s Australia Prelude Project

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leader in providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment to the world, today announced it has been selected to supply its proprietary cryogenic coil wound LNG heat exchanger for the world’s first Floating LNG (FLNG) facility to be located in the Browse Basin off the northwest coast of Western Australia. In May, Shell announced it had made its final investment decision to move forward with the Prelude FLNG project. Air Products had been carrying out engineering in support of the front-end engineering design effort for the Prelude FLNG Project by a Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) consortium.

Shell will locate its floating LNG facility approximately 125 miles offshore. It will be the largest floating offshore facility in the world at 533 yards long. The establishment of FLNG plants has the potential to place gas liquefaction facilities directly over offshore gas fields, thereby precluding the need for long distance pipelines and extensive onshore infrastructure. This innovative alternative to traditional onshore LNG plants provides a commercially attractive and environmentally sensitive approach for monetizing offshore gas fields.

“This is a new market segment for LNG for all of us and required some innovation, which is an Air Products’ strength. There is a lot of interest in monetizing the stranded natural gas fields located offshore around the globe. In fact, we’ve been studying floating LNG plant design extensively for over 10 years. We have completed empirical studies on our heat exchanger equipment in sea motion induced test rigs in order to position ourselves for what could be a major trend for this industry,” said Jim Solomon, director – LNG at Air Products. Solomon added that as a result of its development efforts, Air Products has made design changes to its proprietary LNG heat exchanger to operate safely, effectively and efficiently in a floating environment.

Air Products is under contract on the FLNG project with Technip, which is designing and constructing the FLNG facility in a consortium with SHI. “Technip believes that the selection of the industry’s most capable suppliers is one of the keys to the success of Prelude FLNG, the world’s first facility of this kind,” said Joel Leroux, Technip-Samsung Consortium project director.

A majority of the total worldwide LNG is produced with Air Products’ technology. Air Products has designed, manufactured and exported over 90 coil wound heat exchangers for LNG projects in 15 countries from its Wilkes-Barre, Pa., United States facility over the last four decades. In support of the LNG industry, Air Products provides process technology and key equipment for the heart of the natural gas liquefaction process, and also nitrogen plants for the base-load LNG facility, as well as process technology and equipment for small and mid-sized LNG plants, floating LNG plants and LNG peak shavers. Upstream, Air Products provides both nitrogen and natural gas dehydration membrane systems for offshore platforms. Downstream, Air Products provides dry inert gas generators for LNG carriers, shipboard membrane nitrogen systems, and land-based membrane and cryogenic nitrogen systems for LNG import terminals.

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Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry.

From the deepest Subsea oil & gas developments to the largest and most complex Offshore and Onshore infrastructures, our 23,000 people are constantly offering the best solutions and most innovative technologies to meet the world’s energy challenges.

Present in 48 countries, Technip has state-of-the-art industrial assets on all continents and operates a fleet of specialized vessels for pipeline installation and subsea construction.

The Technip share is listed on Euronext Paris exchange and over the counter (OTC) in the USA. For more information, visit: www.technip.com.

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Startschuss für CO2-Abscheideprojekt von Air Products in Port Arthur, Texas

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Der Industriegasehersteller Air Products hat zwei Verträge für eines seiner zentralen Projekte zur Kohlendioxidabscheidung und -Speicherung (Carbon Capture and Sequestration, CCS) in Port Arthur im US-Bundesstaat Texas unterzeichnet. Vertragspartner sind der Raffineriebetreiber Valero Energy Corporation und der Erdölproduzent Denbury Onshore LLC. Bei dem Projekt wird das Kohlendioxid (CO2) zwei Dampfreformatoren für Methan (SMR, steam methane reformer) entnommen, die sich auf dem Gelände der Valero Raffinerie in Port Arthur, Texas, befinden. Das bei der Abscheidung verflüssigte CO2 kommt anschließend bei der Förderung von Erdöl (Enhanced Oil Recovery) durch das Unternehmen Denbury Onshore LLC zum Einsatz.

Die CO2-Abscheideeinheiten werden von Air Products entwickelt und für den Einsatz an den SMRs umgebaut. Die Anlage wird jährlich etwa eine Million Tonnen CO2 abscheiden, reinigen und verflüssigen, das dann per Pipeline an Denbury’s Enhanced-Oil-Recovery-Projekte geliefert wird.

„Die Vertragsunterzeichnung ist ein wichtiger Schritt, um eines unserer zentralen CO2-Abscheideprojekte voranzutreiben. Das Projekt in Port Arthur ermöglicht es uns, die CO2-Abscheidung im industriellen Maßstab zu erproben und zu optimieren“, kommentierte Wilbur Mok, Vicepresident North America Tonnage Gases bei Air Products, die Vertragsunterzeichnungen.

Air Products hatte im Juni 2010 eine Zusage vom US-amerikanischen Energieministerium (DOE) erhalten, das Projekt mit rund 253 Millionen US-Dollar zu unterstützen. Die Fördergelder des Programms „Recovery and Reinvestment Act“ werden zur Entwicklung, Installation und Betrieb der Anlage bis zum September 2015 bereitgestellt.

Das von Air Products konzipierte Projekt war das einzige vom DOE ausgewählte Projekt eines Industriegaseherstellers. Es gehört zu einem von drei Projekten, die im Rahmen der Phase 2 des Förderprogramms der Abteilung „Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory“ aus den zwölf Projekten der Startphase im Oktober 2009 ausgewählt wurden.

Air Products ist weltweit an zahlreichen CCS-Projekten beteiligt:

Die weltweit erste umfassende Demonstration der CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung auf der Grundlage von Air Products-Technologien erfolgt derzeit in einem Joint-Venture mit dem Energieversorger Vattenfall am Kraftwerk „Schwarze Pumpe“ in Spremberg, Brandenburg. Die Anlage gilt als aussichtsreichstes Projekt im Bereich der CO2-Abscheidung und wurde im Mai 2011 in Betrieb genommen. Während der dreijährigen Projektphase soll die Effizienz des Reinigungs- und Verdichtungsverfahrens erhöht werden.
Air Products und die Shanxi International Energy Group Co., Ltd (SIEG) führen gemeinsam eine Machbarkeitsstudie zur CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung durch, die auf der Oxyfuel-Technologie von Air Products basiert. Das Verfahren soll in der 350-MW-Anlage von SIEG in Taiyuan, Shanxi installiert werden und CO2 abscheiden und verflüssigen, das dann zur Speicherung oder für weitere Anwendungen zur Verfügung steht.
Durchführung einer Studie mit dem kanadischen Alberta Energy Research Institute.
Das US-amerikanische Energieministerium (Department of Energy, DOE) hat Air Products mit der Entwicklung und Installation einer Anlage zur CO2-Abscheidung beauftragt. Die Anlage wird auf einem Testgelände des Kraftwerkherstellers Alstom Power in Windsor im US-Bundesstaat Connecticut installiert.
Studie zur CO2-Sequestrierung (2008), gemeinsam mit dem Imperial College London und Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd. im Rahmen des OxyCoal-Projektes auf dem Testgelände von Doosan Babcock in Renfrew, Schottland.

Weitere Informationen zu CO2-Verdichtungs- und -abscheideverfahren von Air Products finden Sie unter
www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture.

Über Air Products
Air Products (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) bietet seinen Kunden in Industrie, Energiewirtschaft und Gesundheit ein weltweit einzigartiges Portfolio von Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgasen, Hochleistungsmaterialien sowie Anlagen und Dienstleistungen. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 1940 hat sich Air Products eine führende Stellung in bedeutenden Wachstumsmärkten wie der Halbleiterindustrie, der Wasserstofferzeugung, der Erdgasverflüssigung und des Gesundheitswesens sowie moderner Schicht- und Klebstoffe erarbeitet. Im Mittelpunkt der Unternehmenskultur stehen Innovation, effiziente Prozesse und ein umfassendes Sicherheits- und Umweltbewusstsein. Air Products erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2010 einen Umsatz von mehr als 9 Milliarden US-Dollar und beschäftigte in mehr als 40 Ländern 18.300 Mitarbeiter. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.airproducts.de.

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MPs Line-Up to Drive Hydrogen Powered Mercedes

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Dozens of MPs and Peers took a spin in a hydrogen powered car on Tuesday as the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL and an Air Products (NYSE: APD) hydrogen fuelling station were brought to Parliament for the first time.

Policymakers, including the Transport Minister Norman Baker, were given the opportunity to drive the F-CELL on the roads around Parliament and see an Air Products hydrogen fuelling station, which can fill up the vehicle in less than four minutes.

The demonstration, held opposite the Palace of Westminster, also gave the public an opportunity to see the state-of-the-art hydrogen transport technology and talk to some of Air Products’ and Daimler’s hydrogen transport experts.

Diana Raine, Air Products, Hydrogen Energy Systems said: “It was great to give the Transport Minister, and so many other policymakers, an opportunity to see this hydrogen transport technology in person. The technology Air Products and Daimler have brought to Parliament today is at the forefront of efforts to develop a hydrogen transport infrastructure for the UK.”

Transport Minister Norman Baker said: "Low carbon vehicles are central to our efforts to tackle greenhouse gas emissions - we must recognise that it is carbon, not the car that is the problem.

"I'd like to thank Air Products and Daimler for the opportunity to see the finer details of a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle and showcase a refuelling for me. I hope many MPs have had the opportunity to have a look at the car today and become familiar with the technology.

"Our goal is to make Britain as a global leader in the design, production and use of electric and ultra-low emission cars and at the forefront of efforts to decarbonise motoring. Only last week my colleague Greg Barker announced a new £7.5 million Technology Strategy Board demonstrator programme that will help accelerate the adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, bringing them into everyday use."

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

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About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2009, Air Products had revenues of $8.3 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

Air Products is the world's largest supplier of hydrogen and a leader in applications in the fields of hydrogen production, supply and safety. Air Products has played a leading role in the development of hydrogen as an alternative fuel of the future. This is documented, among other things, by more than 50 patents in the field of hydrogen fuelling technology. The company provides the necessary technology and infrastructure for the hydrogen fuelling of cars, buses, trucks, forklift trucks, aircraft, trains, cell towers and even submarines. Its references include the hydrogen fuelling stations for the bus shuttle service at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the fuelling technology for five fuel cell buses used by Transport for London, supplying the entire hydrogen needs of the German navy's fuel cell submarines and the largest number of hydrogen fuelling stations in the UK.

Air Products has experience of more than 120 hydrogen fuelling stations in 18 countries. More than 135,000 safe fuellings a year are currently completed at the company's fuelling stations – and this figure is increasing rapidly.

Air Products to Supply Additional Hydrogen for Two Gulf Coast Valero Refineries

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced that Valero Energy Corporation has awarded the company a combined additional supply of over 200 million standard cubic feet per day of hydrogen for Valero’s refineries in St. Charles, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas. As part of this award, Air Products has also proposed development of a new world-scale steam methane reformer hydrogen production facility to be located in St. Charles, which is to be onstream during the second half of 2013. The facility would be connected to Air Products’ industry-leading Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline supply network, which supplies multiple refinery and petrochemical companies in the region.

“This supply arrangement builds on our well-established relationship with Valero. We already provide hydrogen to help meet their product demands with our two steam methane reformer hydrogen production facilities in Port Arthur. This proposed new hydrogen facility would help to serve Valero’s St. Charles and Port Arthur locations, and also help to meet additional demands of customers on the Air Products pipeline system,” said Wilbur Mok, vice president–North America Tonnage Gases at Air Products. “The facility will be connected to our Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network, which increases product supply reliability, and provides flexibility to meet increased hydrogen needs through the largest hydrogen pipeline network in the Gulf Coast.”

Air Products has been supplying hydrogen via pipeline to Valero’s St Charles refinery since 1997 and also to Port Arthur since 1996. Valero’s hydrogen demand is increasing at both facilities with the expansion of its hydrocracking capacity.

Air Products is working toward increasing its hydrogen pipeline supply capability in the Gulf Coast to make it the world’s largest hydrogen pipeline network. Air Products announced plans to construct a new 180-mile-long pipeline in 2010. The new pipeline extension, which is in the project execution phase, will connect Air Products’ Texas hydrogen system to the Louisiana hydrogen system. Once complete, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline supply network will stretch from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, creating the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. This integrated pipeline system will unite over 20 hydrogen plants and over 600 miles of pipelines. It will supply the Louisiana and Texas refinery and petrochemical industries with over 1.2 billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day. The new Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network is expected to be operational in 2012.

Globally, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline operational expertise is evidenced by the 40-year safe operation of its network of systems. Pipelines offer a safe, robust and reliable supply of hydrogen to the refinery and petrochemical industry around the world. In addition to the Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system, Air Products also has hydrogen pipeline networks
operating around the world in the U.S. in Southern California; in Canada in Sarnia, Ontario, and Edmonton, Alberta; and in The Netherlands in Rotterdam.

The proposed St. Charles hydrogen facility would be built through the global hydrogen alliance between Air Products and Technip. The hydrogen plant will feature the latest technology advancements to maximize energy efficiency and emissions reduction. The enhanced SMR design targets optimal heat integration and minimal loss of heat to the environment, which in turn lowers natural gas feedstock consumption. These efforts and other productivity improvements support Air Products’ overall sustainability goals of reducing energy consumption and emissions.

This Air Products and Technip worldwide alliance, which has built over 30 hydrogen production facilities, continues to provide the worldwide refining industry with competitive technology and world-class safety and reliability. Technip provides the design and construction expertise for steam reformers while Air Products provides the gas separation technology. Air Products, through its extensive operating network, and Technip, from its large reference base, also bring effective operational and engineering knowledge to “design-in” high reliability and efficiency.

Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics for meeting the product fuels specifications. Removing these components allows gasoline and diesel to burn cleaner and thus makes hydrogen a critical component in the production of cleaner fuels needed by modern, efficient internal combustion engines.

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Waterstof breekt record op Shell Eco Marathon

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Afgelopen 26, 27 en 28 mei vond de 27e editie van de Shell Eco-Marathon plaats op het circuit van EuroSpeedway in de Duitse plaats Lausitz. De winnaar, Polytech’ Nantes team uit Frankrijk, huidig recordhouder onder waterstofvoertuigen in de categorie ‘prototypes’ verbrak het record door 590,2 kilometer op één liter waterstof te rijden. In de categorie ‘urban concept’ werd het waterstofvoertuig van de HydroCruisers van de Haagse Hogeschool eerste met een afstand van 104 kilometer. Die afstand werd gereden met een hoeveelheid waterstof, die overeenkomt met 1 liter Euro95. Daarnaast ontving het team een eervolle vermelding van de jury vanwege het ontwerp van het chassis, dat door een combinatie van koolstofvezel en schuim slechts 3,5 kilo weegt. Air Products, een van de grootste producenten van waterstof ter wereld, sponsorde vijf van de zeven Nederlandse teams die met een waterstofvoertuig deelnamen aan de race.

Naast de Haagse Hogeschool vielen nog twee Nederlandse teams in de prijzen. Roses-4-Eco uit Roosendaal reed 138 kilometer op 1 liter GTL (Gas To Liquids) en won voor deze prestatie de GTL award in de categorie ‘prototype’. Het team SGH uit Haarlem ontving een speciale award voor het doorzettingsvermogen dat zij toonden toen ze kampten met tegenslagen in de voorbereidingen en tijdens de race. Verder behaalde het team HAN Hydromotive van de HAN University de derde plaats in de categorie ‘ urban concept’ met 74 kilometer die zij reden op één liter waterstof. Het team Phidippides van de Hogeschool Rotterdam behaalde met haar waterstofvoertuig een score van 184 kilometer in de categorie ‘prototype.’

De Shell Eco-marathon is bedoeld voor jongeren van universiteiten en instellingen voor technisch en wetenschappelijk onderwijs uit heel Europa. De bedoeling is dat ze in teams voertuigen ontwikkelen die zo ver mogelijk kunnen rijden op één liter brandstof. Dat mag op conventionele brandstoffen (benzine, diesel of LPG) of alternatieve brandstoffen (biobrandstof, ethanol, zonne-energie of waterstof). Er zijn hierbij twee categorieën: de ‘prototypes’ die er over het algemeen futuristisch en gestroomlijnd uit zien, en de ‘urban concepts’ die meer op de auto’s van nu lijken. Aan de competitie op het circuit van EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Duitsland deden dit jaar 222 teams uit 26 landen mee, waaronder een recordaantal van elf Nederlandse teams.

Air Products is van mening dat er te weinig bekendheid is over de mogelijkheden en voordelen van waterstof. Door het sponsoren van de waterstofauto’s wil Air Products de bekendheid vergroten over het gebruik van waterstof als alternatief voor bestaande brandstoffen. Daarnaast was het bedrijf nauw betrokken bij het voorlichten van de teams over de technologie en veiligheidsaspecten van het werken met waterstof als brandstof. Het doel van de Shell Eco-marathon is om jongeren te stimuleren om nieuwe innovaties en duurzame oplossingen te bedenken voor transport en mobiliteit. Air Products vindt het belangrijk dat juist deze jonge technici, die in de toekomst met alternatieve brandstoffen te maken krijgen, weten wat waterstof is en kan.

Air Products houdt zich al sinds 1993 met de ontwikkeling van waterstoftechnologie bezig. Het bedrijf is niet alleen een van de grootste producenten van waterstof ter wereld, maar houdt zich ook bezig met de ontwikkeling van brandstofcellen en technologie voor transport, opslag en distributie van waterstof. Bij de ongeveer 100 waterstof tankstations, die het bedrijf wereldwijd heeft gebouwd, tanken per maand duizenden voertuigen, waaronder bussen, auto’s, vorkheftrucks en zelfs onderzeeboten. De tankstations staan niet alleen in Amerika en Azië, maar ook Frankrijk, Duitsland, Griekenland, Italië, Nederland en Groot-Brittannië.

De Shell Eco Marathon vond drie achtereenvolgende jaren plaats in Lausitz. In 2012 zal de race plaatsvinden in Rotterdam. De race wordt dan voor het eerst verreden op de openbare weg. De race krijgt daarmee een stedelijker karakter volgens de organisatie.

Air Products Signs Two Agreements to Move Texas Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project Forward

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today it has signed agreements with Valero Energy Corporation and Denbury Onshore, LLC to proceed with a planned carbon capture and sequestration project in Port Arthur, Texas. The carbon dioxide (CO2) to be captured by Air Products will be delivered by Air Products via a pipeline owned by Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas to Denbury Onshore beginning in late 2012. The CO2 will be used by Denbury Onshore in enhanced oil recovery operations.

“The signing of these agreements is a key step in moving this important project forward. Air Products has been an integral team member of several carbon capture projects around the world. We are a technology solutions provider and at Port Arthur we will have the opportunity to demonstrate these capabilities at a large industrial scale,” said Wilbur Mok, vice president, North America Tonnage Gases for Air Products. “We look forward to working with Denbury and thank Valero for its cooperation and support at the Port Arthur location.” Details on Air Products’ CO2 purification technologies can be found at www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture.

Air Products will design, construct and operate a state-of-the-art system to capture CO2 from its two steam methane reformers (SMR) located within the Valero Refinery in Port Arthur. The CO2 removal technology will be retrofitted to the SMRs, which produce hydrogen to assist in the making of cleaner burning transportation fuels by refinery customers on Air Products’ Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network. Approximately one million tons of CO2 annually will be recovered, purified by Air Products, and delivered by Air Products via a pipeline owned by Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC for injection into Denbury Onshore’s enhanced oil recovery projects in Texas.

In June 2010, Air Products announced it was selected to receive $253 million in Phase 2 funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) through the National Energy Technology Laboratory under the Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) Program for this ICCS project. It has since received an additional $30 million from DOE for the project. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are being used for final engineering, design, construction and project operation through September 2015. Air Products’ project was the only industrial gas company led undertaking selected by DOE and one of only three projects receiving Phase 2 funds. DOE is providing a total of $284 million, including the funding utilized for Phase 1, or 66 percent of the over $400 million project.

DOE said in its Phase 2 selection announcement that successful development of advanced technologies and innovative concepts reducing CO2 atmospheric emissions is a key objective of the Obama Administration’s efforts to help mitigate the effects of climate change. The Phase 2 projects selected were aimed at testing large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage (CCS), an important step in moving CCS technology toward eventual commercial deployment.

Air Products is currently working on several CCS projects around the world for the power market. These projects include:

The world’s first full demonstration of oxyfuel carbon capture and sequestration with Vattenfall AB, one of Europe’s leading energy companies. Air Products has installed its proprietary CO2 capture, purification, and compression system at Vattenfall’s research and development facility in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany, which is viewed globally as the preeminent CO2 oxyfuel project.
In collaboration with the Alberta Energy Research Institute, a study focusing on advanced CO2 capture technology for use with gasification.
In cooperation with DOE, Air Products designed and constructed a CO2 purification system in support of an oxyfuel technology development project at a boiler-simulation facility in Windsor, Connecticut.
Air Products demonstrated oxyfuel sour compression technology in experimental work carried out by Imperial College London with flue gas from a 160 kilowatt coal-fired combustion installation at Doosan Babcock’s facility in Renfrew, Scotland, as part of the Oxycoal-UK Project.

Air Products plaatst nieuw waterstoftankstation bij busbedrijf

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, één van de grootste aanbieders van waterstof en waterstoftechnologie ter wereld, heeft met Sorensen Gross Construction Services een contract getekend voor de bouw van een waterstoftankstation in Flint (USA). Bij dit waterstoftankstation gaat de waterstofbus van de Amerikaanse busmaatschappij Flint Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) tanken. Het waterstoftankstation, dat onderdeel uitmaakt van het testprogramma voor alternatieve brandstoffen van de MTA, zal in april 2012 in bedrijf genomen worden.

Het nieuwe tankstation van Air Products zorgt voor de compressie van de waterstof, de opslag en de tankzuil om de bus van MTA te voorzien van waterstof. Deze waterstof wordt geproduceerd in een electrolyser, die geleverd wordt door Proton OnSite. “Air Products heeft veel ervaring opgedaan met de levering van waterstof aan busbedrijven. We zijn bij dergelijke projecten betrokken vanwege de aantrekkelijkheid van het openbaar vervoer als innovator op het gebied van duurzame brandstoffen en vanwege de grotere schaal van dit soort projecten”, zegt Bob Kelly, business development manager voor Hydrogen Energy Systems bij Air Products.

De bouw van het tankstation wordt gerealiseerd in samenwerking met het Amerikaanse bouwbedrijf Sorensen Gross Construction Services. “We zijn erg blij met deze samenwerking, want Air Products is een van de belangrijkste leveranciers van waterstoftechnologie”, aldus Ghassan Saab, CEO bij Sorensen Gross. Ook Proton OnSite is tevreden over de overeenkomst. “De samenwerking met Air Products en de MTA in Flint biedt Proton OnSite de mogelijkheid om haar technologie voor de on site productie van waterstof te demonstreren,” vertelt Robert Friedland, directeur en CEO bij Proton OnSite. “We willen bijdragen aan de verbreding van de mogelijkheden voor betaalbare en betrouwbare brandstofvoorziening. Elektrolyse is de duurzaamste manier om waterstof te produceren.”

Air Products is betrokken bij verschillende projecten voor brandstofvoorziening voor het openbaar vervoer. Eind vorig jaar werd in Arnhem het eerste publieke waterstof tankstation van Nederland geopend, waar een waterstofbus van Connexxion zal tanken. In Amerika is een tankstation geopend voor vijf nieuwe waterstofbussen waarmee dagelijks reizigers vervoerd worden in de Francisco Bay regio in Californië. In Londen heeft Air Products onlangs nog een tankstation geopend om een vloot van vijf waterstofbussen te bevoorraden, die onderdeel zijn van het Transport For Londen Project. Ditzelfde tankstation zal zorgen voor de bevoorrading van de eerste waterstoftaxi’s in Londen, die in 2012 in gebruik genomen worden. Ook werd in 2010 een vloot van meer dan vijftig waterstofshuttles bevoorraad, die atleten en overheidsfunctionarissen vervoerden tijdens de Asian Games en Asian Para Games in Guangzhou City in China. Het project in China is vergelijkbaar met het tanken van waterstofbussen door Air Products bij een waterstoftankstation in het waterstofpark in Beijing tijdens de Olympische Spelen in 2008. Dat was het eerste demonstratieproject voor alternatieve brandstof in China. Al deze projecten bieden Air Products de mogelijkheid om ervaringen van gebruikers in kaart te brengen en de technologie te testen en te demonstreren. Air Products heeft wereldwijd inmiddels meer dan 120 waterstoftankstations geplaatst. Daar tanken onder andere auto’s, vrachtwagens, bussen, vliegtuigen en zelfs onderzeeboten. Het gaat wereldwijd al om meer dan 350.000 tankbeurten per jaar.

Meer details over de technologieën van Air Products op het gebied van waterstoftankstations zijn beschikbaar op www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

Global Divisions Join Forces at First Middle East Turbomachinery Symposium

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Three Air Products divisions joined forces to exhibit at the 1st Middle East Turbomachinery Symposium (METS) in Doha, Qatar earlier this year.

Turbomachinery is a mechanical engineering term that describes machines, including compressors and turbines, which transfer energy from a rotor to a fluid. The METS event, organised by the Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University, addresses global issues related to the purchasing, installation, operation and maintenance of turbomachinery. It combines world-class technical conferences with an international exhibition, offering industry leaders a forum to share ideas, exchange technical knowledge and discuss ongoing industry-related issues.

CryoMachinery, Customer Plant Support (CPS) and Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), all Air Products divisions, teamed up to capitalise and mutually benefit from each other’s expertise at the symposium:

CryoMachinery has designed and manufactured cryogenic and warm gas centrifugal turbomachinery used in refrigeration and power recovery applications since 1943. It also offers full aftermarket support covering repairs, spares, rerates and global support.
CPS offers a comprehensive portfolio of services and solutions to optimize performance. Its expertise covers engineering; maintenance and operation services; equipment modifications and spare parts.
LNG is the worldwide provider of process technology and equipment for the liquefaction of natural gas in plants ranging from small peak shavers through mid-range and large base load applications.

More than 1,000 hands-on users, manufacturers, buyers and developers from the oil and gas, petrochemical and power generation industries from 35 countries attended the event, and the three divisions combined to present compelling and appropriate turbomachinery solutions.

空气产品公司的专利技术在Vattenfall公司世界领先的富氧燃烧和二氧化碳捕捉与封存示范项目中投入使用

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

作为全球领先的工业气体及功能材料供应商，空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD) 宣布，其专利二氧化碳捕捉、纯化和压缩系统在Vattenfall AB公司位于德国黑泵电厂（Schwarze Pumpe）的研发工厂已投入使用，并在世界领先的富氧燃烧碳捕捉示范项目中起关键作用。作为欧洲领先的能源公司之一，Vattenfall公司于5月5日在该工厂举行了开幕仪式，庆祝该二氧化碳捕捉的富氧燃烧项目投入运行。该项目在全球范围内被公认为卓越的二氧化碳捕捉富氧燃烧项目。在此项为期三年的示范项目中，空气产品公司的技术侧重于富氧燃烧烟气中二氧化碳的纯化和压缩过程。

能源业务部副总裁David J. Taylor表示：“空气产品公司几十年来一直致力于创新富氧燃烧解决方案的研发。通过与世界各地领先的伙伴合作，我们的目标之一便是开发出能够降低二氧化碳捕捉成本的技术。通过与如Vattenfall这些在二氧化碳捕捉解决方案领域处于领先地位的公司合作，能够有助于验证我们独特的二氧化碳纯化和压缩功能。这些技术有潜力满足世界各地的环保目标。”

Vattenfall公司德国电厂经理Hubertus Altmann很高兴在这个项目上能够与大西洋彼岸的空气产品公司公司合作。Altmann说，“提高效率是开发CCS（碳捕捉与封存）技术的关键之一。这项技术在短短的几年内将在市场上具备竞争力。为达到这一目标，我们仍有大量的研发工作要做。对于如空气产品公司和Vattenfall公司这样的跨国公司，联手合作开发此类项目意义重大。”

空气产品公司将直接处理Vattenfall公司位于德国黑泵电厂（Schwarze Pumpe）30兆瓦（MW）的富氧燃烧试验工厂壁挂式锅炉的烟气。从中纯化和压缩二氧化碳，使其纯度适用于封存。空气产品公司的专利酸压缩技术使用分级压缩工艺来优化压力、保持和停留时间，从而能够在压缩过程中去除杂质。这项技术能够在富氧燃烧流程中节约成本，最大限度地减少酸性物质的浓度，并且可以在二氧化碳封存过程中防止腐蚀。该项目向我们展示了二氧化碳的有效纯化以及如何去除二氧化碳中的其他气体（尤其是氧气）。此外，这项技术将包括新型膜技术，从而获得高达98%的碳捕捉率。如需更多关于空气产品公司二氧化碳纯化技术的信息，请登录 www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture。

Vattenfall公司于2008年9月在德国褐煤燃煤黑泵电厂（Schwarze Pumpe）建立了30兆瓦二氧化碳捕捉试验工厂。基于该试验工厂的成果，计划建立更大型的示范电厂，该电厂已经过可行性研究并计划于2015年正式投入使用。如需更多关于Vattenfall公司的碳捕捉技术信息，请登录 www.vattenfall.com/ccs。

空气产品公司目前正在全球电力市场上实施多个碳捕捉项目。这些项目包括：

空气产品公司将设计，建造和运营一套最先进的系统用于捕集本公司位于美国德克萨斯州阿瑟港的炼油厂的两个蒸汽甲烷转化炉（SMR）所产生的二氧化碳。空气产品公司将对该二氧化碳脱除技术进行改良，以满足SMR的需求。这些蒸汽甲烷转化炉生产的氢气以供于空气产品公司在美国墨西哥湾岸区氢气管网上的炼油厂客户生产更加清洁的运输燃料。空气产品公司每年可回收和纯化大约一百万吨二氧化碳，并通过管道运输至德克萨斯州的石油采收率提高项目。
与山西国际能源集团有限公司（SIEG）合作进行一项可行性研究和概念设计，将空气产品公司专有的富氧燃烧二氧化碳纯化技术用于山西国际能源集团有限公司计划的350兆瓦的富氧燃烧发电示范工程。
与加拿大的阿尔伯塔省能源研究所（AERI）合作，研究如何将先进的二氧化碳捕捉技术用于气化过程。
空气产品公司与美国能源部合作设计并建立了一套二氧化碳纯化系统，用于支持位于美国康涅狄格洲温莎的锅炉仿真设施的富氧燃烧技术开发项目。
空气产品公司在英国伦敦帝国学院所进行的实验中展示了富氧燃烧酸性物质压缩技术。实验应用位于苏格兰伦弗鲁的斗山电力系统斗山巴布科克设施的160千瓦燃煤装置的烟气。此项目为英国富氧燃煤项目（Oxycoal-UK）的一部分。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、技术和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站: www.airproducts.com。

Vattenfall公司简介
Vattenfall公司是欧洲第五大电力制造商和最大热力制造商。该公司的目标是成为欧洲领先能源公司。目前Vattenfall公司提供电力和热能，并向北欧和北大西洋国家和区域的数百万客户供应能源。由于在一些国家Vattenfall公司主要能量来源是煤炭，因此公司积极致力于CCS技术的开发并在这些创新技术的开发上起关键作用。该公司的目标为：于2030年将二氧化碳排放量减少一半，并于2050年实现二氧化碳平衡。如需更多关于Vattenfall公司的信息，请登录 www.vattenfall.com。

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Air Products wdraża swoją innowacyjną technologię w pierwszym na świecie testowym projekcie wychwytywania i składowania dwutlenku węgla w elektrowni Schwarze Pumpe firmy Vattenfall

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Firma Air Products ogłosiła, że opracowany przez nią system wychwytywania, oczyszczania i kompresji dwutlenku węgla został właśnie uruchomiony w placówce rozwojowo-badawczej Schwarze Pumpe firmy Vattenfall AB w Niemczech. System ten odgrywa kluczową rolę w pierwszym na świecie testowym projekcie wychwytywania i oczyszczania dwutlenku węgla. 5 maja 2011 roku w zakładzie Vattenfall, jednej z wiodących firm energetycznych w Europie, odbyła się uroczysta inauguracja projektu spalania tlenowego CO2 (Oxyfuel), zaliczanego do najważniejszych przedsięwzięć tego typu na świecie. W trakcie tego trzyletniego projektu testowego technologia Air Products będzie stosowana przede wszystkim w procesie oczyszczania i kompresji gazu spalinowego.

"Firma Air Products od dziesięcioleci pracuje nad innowacyjnymi rozwiązaniami w zakresie technologii spalania paliwa w tlenie. Jednym z naszych celów, realizowanych poprzez współpracę z wiodącymi firmami na świecie, jest opracowanie technologii, która zmniejszy koszt wychwytywania dwutlenku węgla. Współpraca z Vattenfall, liderem w dziedzinie wychwytywania dwutlenku węgla, stanowi dla nas możliwość, aby zaprezentować nasze wyjątkowe kompetencje w zakresie oczyszczania i kompresji dwutlenku węgla. W technologiach tych tkwi potencjał, który pomoże w osiągnięciu celów w zakresie ochrony środowiska na całym świecie" – powiedział David J. Taylor, wiceprezes Air Products ds. projektów energetycznych.

"Zwiększenie efektywności to jedno z głównych zadań w rozwoju technologii wychwytywania i składowania dwutlenku węgla CCS (ang. carbon capture and sequestration). W ciągu kilku lat technologia ta stanie się konkurencyjna na rynku i aby osiągnąć ten cel, potrzeba jeszcze wielu działań naukowo-badawczych. Dlatego istotne jest, aby firmy takie jak Air Products i Vattenefall łączyły swoje siły i wspólnie pracowały nad projektami takimi, jak ten zainaugurowany dzisiaj" – powiedział Hubertus Altmann, dyrektor sekcji ds. elektrowni Vattenfall w Niemczech, który jest bardzo zadowolony z transatlantyckiej współpracy.

Video z uroczystej inauguracji projektu spalania tlenowego CO2 (Oxyfuel) Air Products w elektrowni Vattenfall jest dostępne pod adresem: www.airproducts.com/company/news-center/2011/0505-air-products-proprietary-technology-onstream-at-vattenfall.aspx.

W ośrodku Schwarze Pumpe w Niemczech Air Products wykorzystuje gaz spalinowy pozyskany bezpośrednio z kotłów zainstalowanych w zakładzie testowym Vattenfall o mocy 30 MW. Dwutlenek węgla jest oczyszczany i kompresowany w stopniu umożliwiającym jego składowanie lub wtórne zastosowanie w procesie ulepszonego wydobycia ropy naftowej (EOR). W opatentowanej przez Air Products technologii kompresji gazu kwaśnego (sour compression technology) wykorzystuje się proces kompresji wieloetapowej, który umożliwia usunięcie zanieczyszczeń. Pozwala to nie tylko na oszczędności w procesie spalania tlenowego, ale także minimalizuje ilość substancji kwasowych, które odgrywają istotną rolę w procesie wychwytywania dwutlenku węgla zapobiegając korozji. W trakcie tego testowego przedsięwzięcia zademonstrowany zostanie proces efektywnego oczyszczania dwutlenku węgla, jak również eliminacji gazów obojętnych, w szczególności tlenu. Ponadto, zastosowanie znajdzie nowatorska technologia membranowa, dzięki której można odseparować nawet 98% dwutlenku węgla. Dodatkowe informacje na temat technologii oczyszczania CO2 opracowanej przez Air Products można znaleźć na stronie www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture.

We wrześniu 2008 r. firma Vattenfall dokonała inauguracji pilotażowej instalacji do wychwytywania dwutlenku węgla o mocy 30 MW w pobliżu należącej do Vattenfall elektrowni Schwarze Pumpe opalanej węglem brunatnym, zlokalizowanej w Niemczech. Bazując na doświadczeniach wynikających z działania tej pilotażowej instalacji, w kolejnym kroku firma zamierza wybudować większe elektrownie demonstracyjne, dla których już przeprowadzane są studia wykonalności. Firma Vattenfall planuje uruchomić je w 2015 r. Więcej informacji dotyczących wykorzystywanych przez Vattenfall technologii służących do wychwytywania i składowania dwutlenku węgla (CCS) znajduje się pod adresem: www.vattenfall.com/ccs.

Firma Air Products pracuje obecnie nad kilkoma projektami dotyczącymi wychwytywania i składowania dwutlenku węgla (CCS) na świecie, przeznaczonymi dla sektora energetycznego:

Air Products zaprojektuje, zbuduje i będzie obsługiwać najnowocześniejszy system do wychwytywania dwutlenku węgla w swoich dwóch instalacjach służących do przeprowadzania reformingu parowego metanu (SMR), zlokalizowanych w rafinerii w Port Arthur w Teksasie w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Technologia służąca do usuwania dwutlenku węgla zostanie zmodernizowana do instalacji przeprowadzających reforming parowy metanu (SMR). Posłużą one do wytwarzania wodoru, który bierze udział w produkcji pozwalających na czystsze spalanie paliw transportowych (wytwarzanych przez klientów Air Products z sektora rafineryjnego), w należącym do Air Products rurociągu zlokalizowanym na obszarze Gulf Coast. Rocznie ok. 1 miliona ton dwutlenku węgla będzie odzyskiwanego, oczyszczanego i dostarczanego przez Air Products siecią rurociągów. Następnie zostanie on wykorzystany w procesach ulepszonego wydobycia ropy naftowej (EOR) w Teksasie.
Air Products współpracuje z firmą Shanxi International Energy Group Co., Ltd (SIEG) nad opracowaniem studium wykonalności dla projektu instalacji służącej do spalania tlenowego paliwa z jednoczesnym oczyszczaniem dwutlenku węgla (Oxyfuel). Ta opatentowana przez Air Products technologia miałaby być potencjalnie uruchomiona w należącej do SIEG instalacji (Oxyfuel Electrical Generation Demonstration Project) o mocy 350 MW.
We współpracy z kanadyjskim Alberta Energy Research Institute, Air Products przygotowuje opracowanie dotyczące zaawansowanej technologii wychwytywania dwutlenku węgla w procesie gazyfikacji.
Współpracują z Departamentem Energii Stanów Zjednoczonych (DOE), firma Air Products zaprojektowała i skonstruowała system oczyszczania dwutlenku węgla, który ma wspierać projekt rozwoju technologii spalania tlenowego w ośrodku symulacji w Windsor w stanie Connecticut w Stanach Zjednoczonych.
Firma Air Products zademonstrowała technologię kompresji gazu kwaśnego w ramach prac eksperymentalnych prowadzonych przez uniwersytet Imperial College London. Dotyczą one gazów spalinowych emitowanych przez opalaną węglem instalację Doosan Babcock o mocy 160 kilowatów zlokalizowaną w Renfrew w Szkocji. Prace te wchodzą w skład projektu Oxycoal-UK.

Informacje o Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) obsługuje klientów na rynku przemysłowym, energetycznym, technologicznym oraz medycznym na całym świecie, dostarczając im wyjątkową gamę gazów atmosferycznych, procesowych i specjalnych, osprzęt oraz usługi serwisowe. Założona w 1940 roku firma jest liderem w swojej branży na szybko rozwijających się rynkach półprzewodników, wodoru, domowych usług medycznych, skraplania gazu ziemnego oraz produkcji zaawansowanych powłok i klejów. Firma Air Products znana jest z innowacyjności, wysokiej sprawności działania oraz zaangażowania na rzecz bezpieczeństwa i ochrony środowiska. Przychody Air Products w 2010 roku wyniosły 9 miliardów dolarów amerykańskich. Firma prowadzi działalność w ponad 40 krajach na świecie zatrudniając 18,3 tysiąca pracowników. Air Products jest obecny w 15 krajach Europy, włączając w to kraje Europy Centralnej i Wschodniej, takie jak Słowacja, Czechy, Rosja i Polska. Firma Air Products, która jest obecna w Polsce od 18 lat, konsekwentnie wdraża strategię rozwoju opartą na starannie dobranych inwestycjach. Po przejęciu BOC Gazy w 2007 roku Air Products stał się największym producentem gazów technicznych w Polsce. Dodatkowe informacje dostępne są pod adresem: www.airproducts.com.

Informacje o Vattenfall
Vattenfall jest piątym w Europie producentem energii elektrycznej i największym wytwórcą ciepła. Wizją firmy jest uzyskanie pozycji wiodącego producenta energii w Europie. Obecnie Vattenfall dostarcza energię kilku milionom klientów w krajach nordyckich i w Europie północnej. W niektórych krajach Vattenfall wykorzystuje węgiel, jako główny surowiec wykorzystywanym do produkcji energii, jednak firma przykłada ogromną wagę do procesu wychwytywania i składowania dwutlenku węgla (CCS) oraz odgrywa kluczową rolę w rozwijaniu tej innowacyjnej technologii. Firma Vattenfall postawiła sobie za cel zredukowanie emisji dwutlenku węgla o 50 procent do 2030 roku. Wizją firmy jest stać się neutralną pod względem emisji dwutlenku węgla do 2050 roku. Więcej informacji dotyczących Vattenfall jest dostępnych pod adresem: www.vattenfall.com.

Kontakt dla mediów:
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Air Products' Technology Integral to Another U.S. First with Hydrogen Supplied Via Pipeline to New Fueling Station

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products' (NYSE:APD) hydrogen, West Coast pipeline system, and industry-leading fueling technology were integral parts of an historic event today as Shell officially opened the United States’ first-ever pipeline-fed hydrogen fueling station. The Torrance, California station, a collaborative effort between Air Products, Shell, Toyota, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and United States Department of Energy (DOE), will supply hydrogen for several automobile manufacturers’ fuel cell vehicles in the Los Angeles area.

“This fueling station will be a tremendous model to show how effortless a pipeline supply of hydrogen can be to an automobile fueling station and other hydrogen fuel cell applications. It will add another mode of supply, on potentially a very large scale, to Air Products’ portfolio of distribution technologies in meeting the emerging fueling applications of today,” said David J. Taylor, vice president – Energy Businesses at Air Products to assembled guests for the station’s dedication ceremony in Torrance today. “Pipeline distribution of hydrogen offers the lowest delivered and dispensed price for hydrogen supply on a mass scale, and this site will be a model to be able to learn and expand these types of stations as opportunities arise.” Air Products believes this station will show the cost-competitiveness of hydrogen delivered in this manner to the gasoline costs of today.

The station, which received project funding assistance from SCAQMD and DOE prior to 2011, is situated on land adjacent to the Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. Inc. (TMS) sales and marketing headquarters. It is fed by Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline located less than 50 feet from the station and connected to Air Products’ Wilmington and Carson, Calif. hydrogen production facilities. In addition to the hydrogen for the fuel cell vehicles, Air Products’ hydrogen compression, storage and dispensing technology are also integral components in the fueling station. The station includes several technology advancements, and among them is the ability to simultaneously fuel four hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from the four dispensers at the site. The station currently has the requested fueling capacity of 50 kilograms of hydrogen per 12-hour day (or the equivalent of 50 gallons of gasoline per day), has the technical capability to reach 100 kilograms per day, and is expandable.

“Building an extensive hydrogen re-fueling infrastructure is a critical step in the successful market launch of fuel cell vehicles,” said Chris Hostetter, group vice president, TMS. “We plan to bring a fuel cell vehicle to market in 2015, or sooner, and the infrastructure must be in place to support our customers’ needs.”

Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 15,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 120 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 350,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

About Air Products

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products to Provide Award-Winning Fuelling Station to the University of Glamorgan

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) has installed an award-winning Series 100 hydrogen fuelling station at the University of Glamorgan to assist in the development of their hydrogen energy research.

The Series 100 station is the University of Glamorgan’s second hydrogen fuelling station and is situated at their Glyntaff Campus. It will be fed exported hydrogen taken from the University’s facility at the Renewable Hydrogen Research and Development Centre. This introduction of a second station will help support the development of South Wales’ local infrastructure as the Government looks to establish a refuelling network for hydrogen and electric vehicles along the M4.

The University produces renewable ‘green’ hydrogen on campus through a process of electrolysis which uses solar power. Air Products has supplied hydrogen filling equipment to enable the locally produced hydrogen to be transported to other local hydrogen refuelling stations, including the facility at Glyntaff.

Commenting on the announcement, Ian Williamson, European Hydrogen and Bio Energy Director at Air Products and President of the European Hydrogen Association, said: “We are delighted to be providing our award-winning hydrogen station to the University of Glamorgan. The research and development they are carrying out in the field of hydrogen energy is extremely impressive.

“Renewably producing hydrogen is an important piece of the zero carbon transport jigsaw. The University’s onsite production of renewable hydrogen and projects such as our proposed waste-to-energy plant in Teesside which also has the potential to produce renewable hydrogen, clearly show that technology enabling the green production of hydrogen exists today.”

Jon Maddy who manages the University’s Hydrogen Centre commented, “This project extends our capability to support hydrogen vehicle research, development and deployment and is part of a coordinated approach to develop an early stage hydrogen infrastructure in the UK.”

“We are pleased that this is another demonstration of a successful academic/ industrial project that contributes to Wales’ and the UK’s plans to reduce carbon emissions from transport.”

As the UK makes further steps towards developing a low carbon transport system building on milestones such as the recent introduction of five hydrogen London buses, this announcement follows a recent visit from Greg Barker, Energy and Climate Change minister, to the US. As part of this visit, Mr. Barker was able to test drive Air Products’ hydrogen powered car and learn more about the technology.

The project has been part-funded by the University, the Department for Transport Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grant Programme and the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

About The University of Glamorgan
The University of Glamorgan is the second largest University in Wales with over 22,000 students studying a comprehensive range of programmes from the Creative Industries in its new state-of the-art Cardiff campus through to Aeronautical Engineering. The University is currently investing over £130m in facilities across its campuses.

The University's research in areas such as hydrogen is world leading and carried out at a purpose built centre at Baglan, South Wales. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise more than 70% of the University's research activity was assessed as being of a quality recognised internationally.

The University was established in 1992, but has an academic pedigree spanning almost 100 years. It has expanded in recent years and is now part of the Glamorgan Group which includes the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - the National Conservatoire of Wales - and Merthyr Tydfil College.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Media Inquiries:
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University of Glamorgan
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Email: atobin@glam.ac.uk

Mit vereinten Kräften für Effizienzsteigerung bei CCS

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Der europäische Energieversorger Vattenfall und Air Products setzen einen neuen Meilenstein im Bereich der Oxyfuel-Technologie zur CO2 -Abscheidung. Sie gaben heute den Startschuss für ein gemeinsames Forschungs- und Entwicklungsvorhaben in Schwarze Pumpe (Brandenburg), mit dem ein neues, von Air Products entwickeltes Verfahren zur CO2 -Abscheidung erstmals im Pilotmaßstab erprobt werden soll. Das auf eine Gesamtdauer von drei Jahren angelegte Kooperationsvorhaben gilt international als das herausragende Oxyfuel-Projekt zur CO2 -Abscheidung.

Air Products hat eine innovative Technologie entwickelt, mit der das CO2 energieeffizient aus dem Rauchgas des Oxyfuel-Prozesses gereinigt und abgeschieden wird. Bei dieser Technologie, wird erstmals ein integriertes Verfahren zur Verdichtung, Reinigung und Abscheidung von CO2 in der Vattenfall-Pilotanlage für CCS (Carbon, Capture and Storage) eingesetzt. Mit dieser Technologie soll ein alternatives Verfahren zur Abscheidung von CO2 aus dem in der Pilotanlage anfallenden Rauchgas demonstriert werden.

Die neue Technologie kombiniert die Entfernung von Schwefel- und Stickoxiden aus dem Rauchgas sowie die CO2 -Abscheidung. Die mit diesem neuen Verfahrensaufbau angestrebte Wirkungsgradverbesserung soll die Entwicklung der CCS-Technologie durch die beiden Unternehmen beschleunigen.

Zur Zusammenarbeit erklärte Hubertus Altmann, Kraftwerks-Vorstand bei Vattenfall in Deutschland: „Die Wirkungsgradverbesserung ist bei der Entwicklung der CCS-Verfahren von maßgeblicher Bedeutung. In einigen Jahren soll diese Technologie Marktreife erlangt haben - um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, ist noch viel Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeit erforderlich. Für internationale Unternehmen wie Air Products und Vattenfall ist es wichtig, mit vereinten Kräften bei Projekten wie in Schwarze Pumpe zusammenzuarbeiten. ”

„Wir bei Air Products engagieren uns bereits seit Jahrzehnten für innovative Oxyfuel-Lösungen. Durch Zusammenarbeit mit führenden Partnern weltweit wollen wir das Ziel erreichen, effiziente Technologien zur CO2 -Abscheidung zu entwickeln”, erklärte David J. Taylor, Vice President Energy Businesses bei Air Products. „Durch die Kooperation mit Unternehmen wie Vattenfall, das im Bereich der CO2 -Abscheidetechnik eine führende Position einnimmt, können wir für unsere neuartige Technologie zur CO2 -Reinigung und Verdichtung den Nachweis der Praxistauglichkeit führen. Diese Technologien haben das Potenzial, weltweit die Erreichung der gesetzten Umweltschutzziele zu ermöglichen.”

Die CO2 -Abscheidung und -Speicherung gilt als eine der wichtigsten Klimaschutzmaßnahmen. Hierbei wird das Kohlendioxid aus dem Rauchgas abgeschieden, konzentriert und in unterirdische Speicherstätten verbracht. So kann das Gas nicht in die Atmosphäre gelangen. Die CCS-Technologie ist sowohl in Kraftwerken als auch an Industriestandorten einsetzbar.

Zum Verfahren der CO2 -Abscheidung, -Reinigung und -Verdichtung
In der braunkohlestaubgefeuerten Oxyfuel-Pilotanlage, mit einer Feuerungswärmeleistung von 30 Megawatt (MWth), erfolgt die Reinigung und Verdichtung des Kohlendioxids, das dann in der Endphase teilweise zur unterirdischen Speicherung abtransportiert wird. Air Products entnimmt hierbei direkt das Rauchgas aus dem der Pilotanlage. Bei der von Air Products entwickelten „Sour Compression”-Technologie zur Abscheidung saurer Rauchgasbestandteile unter erhöhtem Druck, kommt ein mehrstufiger Verdichtungsprozess zum Einsatz, mit dessen Hilfe Druckverhältnisse, Rückhaltung und Verweilzeit optimiert werden. Dadurch ergeben sich Kosteneinsparungen beim Oxyfuel-Prozess. Weiterhin wird die Konzentration der sauren Bestandteile auf ein Mindestmaß verringert, was für die Vermeidung von Korrosion während des Prozesses der CO2 -Abscheidung von Bedeutung ist. Mit dieser Pilotanlage sollen die effiziente CO2 -Reinigung demonstriert sowie die Abscheidung weiterer Gase, insbesondere Sauerstoff und Stickstoff, erzielt werden. Darüber hinaus kommt hier eine neuartige Membrantechnologie zum Einsatz, mit deren Hilfe CO2 -Rückhalteraten von >98 Prozent erzielt werden können.

Zum Unternehmen Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) bietet seinen internationalen Kunden aus Industrie, Energiewirtschaft, Technik und dem Gesundheitsmarkt ein einzigartiges Portfolio von Produkten, Dienstleistungen und technischen Lösungen. Bei der Entwicklung kostengünstiger Technologien zur CO2-Abscheidung arbeitet Air Products mit anderen führenden Unternehmen, Regierungen und Universitäten weltweit zusammen. Das Angebot umfasst Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgase sowie chemische Rohstoffe und Zwischenprodukte. Seit der Gründung im Jahr 1940 hat sich Air Products eine führende Stellung in bedeutenden Wachstumsmärkten erarbeitet. Dazu gehören insbesondere Materialien für die Halbleiterfertigung, Raffinerie-Wasserstoff, Erdgasverflüssigung, Hochleistungsbeschichtungen und Klebstoffe sowie Dienstleistungen im Bereich der häuslichen Patientenbetreuung. Das Unternehmen genießt Anerkennung für seine innovative Unternehmenskultur, effizienten Prozesse und sein umfassendes Sicherheits- und Umweltbewusstsein. Im Geschäftsjahr 2010 erzielte Air Products mit 18.300 Mitarbeitern in mehr als 40 Ländern einen Umsatz von 9 Milliarden US-Dollar. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.airproducts.de.

Pressesprecherin Vattenfall Europe AG:
Kathi Miedtank
Tel.: +49 355 2887 3010
Email: kathi.miedtank@vattenfall.de
Weitere Informationen: www.vattenfall.de/ccs

Air Products’ Proprietary Technology Onstream at World’s Premier Demonstration of Oxyfuel CO2 Capture and Storage at Vattenfall

Thu, 05 May 2011 10:51:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced its proprietary carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture, purification and compression system at Vattenfall AB's research and development facility in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany is onstream and performing a key role in the world's premier demonstration of oxyfuel carbon capture. Vattenfall, one of Europe's leading energy companies, held an inaugural ceremony today at the facility which hosts what is viewed globally as the preeminent CO₂ oxyfuel project. Air Products’ technology is focusing specifically on the purification and compression of oxyfuel combustion flue gas during the scheduled three year demonstration project.

“At Air Products we have been engaged in innovative oxyfuel solutions for decades. Through working with leading partners all over the world, one of our goals is to develop technologies that reduce the cost of capturing CO₂,” said David J. Taylor, vice president - Energy Businesses at Air Products. “In working with companies like Vattenfall, which is leading the field in CO₂ capture solutions, we can help validate our unique CO₂ purification and compression capabilities. These technologies have the potential to fulfill environmental targets around the world.”

Hubertus Altmann, head of the Power Plant Unit of Vattenfall in Germany is pleased with the transatlantic collaboration on this project. “Increasing efficiency is one of the crucial tasks when developing CCS (carbon capture and storage). In a few years, the technology will be competitive in the market and in order to reach that goal there remains a lot of R&D to be done. It’s important for international companies such as Air Products and Vattenfall to join forces and cooperate on projects like the one we are celebrating today,” said Altmann.

At the Schwarze Pumpe facility, Air Products will take flue gas directly off Vattenfall's 30 megawatt (MW) wall-fired boiler at the oxyfuel pilot plant. It will purify and compress the carbon dioxide to a purity acceptable for storage or enhanced oil recovery. Air Products' proprietary sour compression technology uses a staged compression process to optimize pressure, hold-up, and residence time to allow removal of impurities during the compression process. This allows cost savings in the oxyfuel combustion process and minimizes the concentration of acidic components, important in preventing corrosion during the CO₂ storage process. This pilot will demonstrate the efficient purification of CO₂, and removal of atmospheric gases, in particular oxygen. In addition, it will incorporate novel membrane technology, targeting carbon capture rates as high as 98 percent. More information on Air Products’ CO₂ purification technologies can be found at www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture.

Vattenfall inaugurated the 30 MW pilot plant for carbon dioxide capture at its lignite coal-fired power plant at Schwarze Pumpe in September 2008. Based on the conclusions from this pilot plant, the next step will be to build larger demonstration power plants, for which feasibility studies have already been initiated and target on-stream status for 2015. More information on Vattenfall's carbon capture technology is at www.vattenfall.com/ccs.

Air Products is currently working on several CCS projects around the world for the power market. These projects include:

Air Products will design, construct and operate a state-of-the-art system to capture CO₂ from its two steam methane reformers (SMR) located at a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. The CO₂ removal technology will be retrofitted to the SMRs, which produce hydrogen to assist in the making of cleaner burning transportation fuels by refinery customers on Air Products’ Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network. Approximately one million tons of CO₂ annually will be recovered, purified by Air Products, and delivered by Air Products via a pipeline for injection into enhanced oil recovery projects in Texas.
Working with Shanxi International Energy Group Co., Ltd (SIEG) to perform a feasibility study and reference plant design on its proprietary oxyfuel carbon dioxide (CO₂) purification technology for potential installation at SIEG’s 350 MW Oxyfuel Electrical Generation Demonstration Project.
In collaboration with the Alberta Energy Research Institute in Canada, a study focusing on advanced CO₂ capture technology for use with gasification.
In cooperation with DOE, Air Products designed and constructed a CO₂ purification system in support of an oxyfuel technology development project at a boiler simulation facility in Windsor, Connecticut, United States.
Air Products demonstrated oxyfuel sour compression technology in experimental work carried out by Imperial College London with flue gas from a 160 kilowatt coal-fired combustion installation at Doosan Power Systems’ facility in Renfrew, Scotland, as part of the Oxycoal-UK Project.

About Air Products

About Vattenfall

Vattenfall is Europe's fifth largest generator of electricity and the largest generator of heat. Its vision is to be a leading European energy company. Today, Vattenfall generates electricity, produces heat and supplies energy to several million customers in the Nordic countries and northern Europe. Relying on coal as an energy source in some of the countries, Vattenfall is strongly committed to CCS and plays a key role in the development of these innovative technologies. It has set as target a 50 percent reduction of its CO₂ emissions by 2030 and has the vision to become CO₂ neutral by 2050. More information on Vattenfall can be found at www.vattenfall.com.

Editors Note: Photos of the Vattenfall facility and today’s event in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany are available in Air Products’ News Center at: http://www.airproducts.com/company/news-center.aspx.

***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

La technologie exclusive d'Air Products à l'oeuvre sur le premier site de démonstration au monde de captage et de séquestration de carbone de Vattenfall

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products est fier d’annoncer aujourd’hui que son système exclusif de capture, de purification et de compression du CO2 a été mis en service sur le site de R&D de Vattenfall AB à Schwarze Pumpe (Allemagne) et va jouer un rôle clé dans le premier projet pilote complet mondial de capture de CO2 oxyfuel.

Vattenfall, l’une des plus importantes sociétés énergétiques européennes, inaugure aujourd’hui cette installation qui accueille ce que l’on peut considérer comme le plus important projet CO2 mené à ce jour dans le monde. La technologie d’Air Products porte particulièrement sur la purification et la compression des gaz de cheminées générés par la combustion oxyfuel et fait l’objet d’un projet expérimental qui va s’étaler sur trois ans.

« Chez Air Products, nous sommes impliqués dans l’étude de solutions innovantes autour de l’oxyfuel depuis des décennies. En travaillant avec des partenaires de poids dans le monde entier, l’un de nos objectifs est de mettre au point des technologies qui réduisent le coût de la capture du CO2 » a déclaré David J.Taylor, vice président de la division Energie d’Air Products. « Collaborer avec des sociétés telles que Vattenfall , un leader dans le domaine des solutions de capture du CO2, nous permet de valider nos techniques uniques de purification et de compression du gaz carbonique, susceptibles de contribuer à la résolution de gros problèmes environnementaux dans le monde entier ».

Hubertus Altmann, Responsable de l’usine de production électrique de Vattenfall en Allemagne, se félicite de cette collaboration transatlantique « Gagner en efficacité est une tâche cruciale dès lors qu’on parle de CCS (capture et stockage du carbone). Dans quelques années, la technologie sera compétitive sur le marché mais il reste beaucoup de R&D à faire. Il est important pour des sociétés internationales comme Air Products et Vattenfall d’unir leurs forces et de collaborer sur des projets comme celui pour lequel nous sommes réunis aujourd’hui » a-t-il ajouté.

A l’usine de Schwarze Pumpe, Air Products captera directement les gaz de cheminée de la chaudière de 30 megawatt (MW) de l’usine pilote de combustion oxyfuel de Vattenfall. Il purifiera et comprimera ensuite le gaz carbonique dont une partie sera, en fin de process, transportée pour séquestration. La technologie exclusive de compression de gaz souffrés d’Air Products utilise un processus de compression étagée pour optimiser la pression, le hold-up et le temps de résidence afin de permettre l’élimination des impuretés. Cela permet de réaliser des économies pendant le processus de combustion oxyfuel et de réduire la concentration des composants acides afin de prévenir toute corrosion durant la séquestration du CO2. Cette installation test va permettre de valider l’efficacité de la purification du CO2 et l’élimination des gaz inertes, notamment de l’oxygène. Elle va de plus mettre en œuvre une nouvelle technologie membranaire visant à atteindre un taux de capture du carbone pouvant aller jusqu’à 98% !

Pour plus d’informations sur les technologies de purification du CO2 d’Air Products, rendez-vous sur www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture.

Vattenfall a inauguré son installation expérimentale de 30 MW pour la capture du gaz carbonique sur sa centrale thermique au lignite de charbon de Schwarze Pumpe en septembre 2008. En se basant sur les résultats de ce site test, il entend ensuite construire de plus grandes usines électriques expérimentales pour lesquelles des études de faisabilité ont été entreprises dans l’optique d’une mise en service en 2015.

Pour plus d‘informations sur la technologie de capture du carbone de Vattenfall, rendez-vous sur www.vattenfall.com/ccs.

Air Products travaille actuellement sur plusieurs projets de CCS à travers le monde pour le compte de l’industrie énergétique. Quelques exemples :

Air Products va concevoir, construire et exploiter un système dernier cri de capture du CO2 depuis ces deux réformeurs de vapeur de méthane (SMR) situés à la raffinerie de Port Arthur, au Texas (USA). La technologie d’élimination du CO2 va être retroffitée aux SMR qui produisent de l’hydrogène pour contribuer à rendre plus propre la combustion des carburants des raffineries desservies par le réseau de pipelines d’Air Products sur la côte du Golfe du Mexique.
Air Products travaille avec Shanxi International Energy Group co., Ltd (SIEG) à la réalisation d’une étude de faisabilité et à la conception d’une usine de référence utilisant sa technologie exclusive de purification du CO2 oxyfuel en vue d’une installation sur le site expérimental de production électrique oxyfuel de 350 MW de SIEG.
Le Groupe mène, en collaboration avec l’Alberta Energy Research Institute au Canada, une étude axée sur une nouvelle technologie de capture du CO2 pour gazéification.
Air Products a conçu et construit, en partenariat avec le DOE (Département américain à l’énergie), un système de purification du CO2 en complément d’un projet de développement de combustion oxyfuel sur un site de simulation de chaudière à Windsor, dans le Connecticut (USA).

A propos d’Air Products :
Air Products sert des clients dans l’industrie, l’énergie, la technologie et la santé à travers le monde entier grâce à un portefeuille unique de gaz de l’air, gaz process et gaz spéciaux, de matériaux de performance, d’équipements et de services. Fondé en 1940, Air Products a su prendre une place prépondérante sur des marchés clés comme les matériaux semi-conducteurs, l’hydrogène de raffinerie, les services de soins médicaux à domicile, la liquéfaction du gaz naturel, le coating et les adhésifs haute technologie. Le Groupe est reconnu pour sa culture de l’innovation, son excellence opérationnelle et son souci permanent de la sécurité et de l’environnement. Air Products a affiché en 2010 un CA mondial de plus de 9 milliards de dollars, est présent dans plus de 40 pays et emploie 18 900 employés à travers le globe. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur www.airproducts.com.

A propos de Vattenfall :
Vattenfall est le 5e plus grand producteur d’électricité européen et le plus grand producteur thermique. Son ambition est de devenir le géant européen de l’énergie. Aujourd’hui Vattenfall produit de l’électricité, du chauffage et dessert plusieurs millions de clients dans les pays nordiques et dans l’Europe du Nord. Utilisateur du charbon comme source énergétique dans certains de ces pays, Vattenfall s’implique fortement dans la capture et le stockage du carbone et joue un rôle clé dans le développement de ces solutions innovantes. Il s’est fixé un objectif de 50% de réduction de ses émissions de CO2 d’ici 2030 et entend devenir écologiquement neutre d’ici 2050. Pour plus d’informations sur Vattenfall, rendez-vous sur www.vattenfall.com.

Air Products to Build Hydrogen Fueling Station for Flint, Michigan Mass Transportation Authority

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leader in hydrogen fueling technology, today announced it has signed a contract with Sorensen Gross Construction Services to build a hydrogen fueling station in Flint, Michigan to fuel a hydrogen fuel cell bus owned by Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority (MTA). The station, which will be part of the MTA’s alternative fuels test program, is to be onstream in April 2012.

“This agreement continues to reinforce our leadership in the evolution of mass transit,” said Bob Kelly, business development manager for Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products. “Air Products has a proven record of working with the mass transit industry and is selected for these types of projects because of its technical capabilities in design and, specifically, its record of executing major projects in a safe and timely manner.”

“Sorensen Gross is excited to be part of a team that will bring the future of transportation fuel to our community. We are particularly pleased to be collaborating with Air Products, the MTA, and other team members in this endeavor as they are all leaders in their fields who will bring great expertise to this project,” said Ghassan Saab, CEO at Sorensen Gross.

Air Products will supply its hydrogen compression, storage and dispensing technology to fuel the bus with hydrogen produced from an electrolyzer provided by Proton OnSite. Details on Air Products’ portfolio of hydrogen fueling station technologies are provided at www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

“Proton OnSite is pleased to be working with Air Products and the MTA in Flint, Michigan to showcase our industry leading, onsite hydrogen generation fueling product,” said Robert Friedland, president and CEO of Proton OnSite. “This kind of joint public and private enterprise involving global leaders in industrial gases and onsite hydrogen generation, coupled with a forward-thinking transit agency like Flint’s MTA, is crucial in helping the United States move beyond fossil fuels. We want to help enable more fueling options, those that are affordable, clean and reliable. When commuters start riding this bus next spring, they will be supporting a big step for Flint and this country overall in terms of the available fuel options.”

Air Products has been involved in several recent mass transit fueling projects. These include: fueling five new hydrogen fuel cell powered buses that transport riders daily on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) bus system in the San Francisco Bay Area in California (2010); commissioning its fueling station in London to fuel a fleet of five hydrogen buses as part of the Transport for London Project (2010), and the same station will fuel the first fleet of London hydrogen taxis planned for 2012; and fueling a fleet of more than 50 hydrogen fuel cell shuttle vehicles that transported athletes and government officials at the Asian Games and Asian Para Games in Guangzhou City, China (2010). The China project was similar to Air Products filling hydrogen buses at a fueling station in the Beijing Hydrogen Park during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which marked the first demonstration project for new-energy vehicles in China.

Air Products, the leading supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 15,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 120 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 350,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products’ LNG Technology Selected for Indonesia Energy Project

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leader in providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment to the world, today announced it has signed an agreement with JGC Corporation to supply its proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process and MCR® main heat exchanger for a two-million-ton-per-year LNG project in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.The Donggi-Senoro LNG project, a joint venture between Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas company, Pertamina, along with Mitsubishi Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation and PT Medco Energi Internasional, is targeted for a 2014 start-up.

“We have a long history of working on LNG projects in Indonesia and are pleased to continue to build on our experience and position in the region. Our technology continues to be the leader when it comes to the development of LNG projects around the world,” said Bill Merlini, director, LNG Indonesia at Air Products. “This is a very important project for Indonesia’s LNG industry and is a key to its continued substantial LNG supply to Japan and East Asia.”

The Donggi-Senoro plant will use the region’s gas fields located in the Senoro-Toili Block and the Matindok Area as feed gas for what will be the fourth LNG project located in Indonesia. Air Products’ LNG technology has been involved with all four projects, including: PT Arun and PT Badak, originally started-up in the late 1970s, and Tangguh LNG which began operations in 2009.

A majority of the total worldwide LNG is produced with Air Products’ technology. Air Products has designed, manufactured and exported over 80LNG heat exchangers for projects in 15 countries from its Wilkes-Barre, Pa., United States facility over the last four decades. In support of the LNG industry, Air Products provides process technology and key equipment for the heart of the natural gas liquefaction process, and also nitrogen plants for the base-load LNG facility, as well as process technology and equipment for small and mid-sized LNG plants, floating LNG plants and LNG peak shavers. Upstream, Air Products provides both nitrogen and natural gas dehydration membrane systems for offshore platforms. Downstream, Air Products provides dry inert gas generators for LNG carriers, shipboard membrane nitrogen systems, and land-based membrane and cryogenic nitrogen systems for LNG import terminals.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Meets Increased Hydrogen Needs at Marathon’s Garyville, La. Refinery

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it will increase supply of hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), at Marathon’s Garyville, La. refinery. The increased supply of hydrogen, required to meet production demands at the refinery, will occur in two increments with the first in 2011, and the second in 2012. In all, Air Products will increase the current level of supply from its Garyville hydrogen facility and its extensive Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network to Marathon’s refinery by approximately 25 million standard cubic feet per day.
“We are very pleased to again be expanding our relationship with Marathon at Garyville. Our new facility had been supplying both hydrogen and steam to the refinery operations and we are able to meet the needs of additional hydrogen demand from the on-site facility and its pipeline network connection. We are able to provide product reliability and have flexibility in meeting increased hydrogen needs through the connection to the largest hydrogen pipeline network in Louisiana,” said Tom Wendahl, Air Products’ Louisiana general manager. Air Products commercialized its Garyville hydrogen plant in late 2009 and has been supplying hydrogen via pipeline to Marathon’s refinery since 1993.

Air Products is working toward increasing its hydrogen pipeline supply capability in the Gulf Coast. In October 2010, Air Products announced plans to construct a new 180-mile long pipeline. The new pipeline extension, which is in the project execution phase, will connect Air Products’ Texas hydrogen system to the Louisiana hydrogen system. Once complete, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline supply network will stretch from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, creating the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. This integrated pipeline system will unite over 20 hydrogen plants and over 600 miles of pipelines. It will supply the Louisiana and Texas refinery and petrochemical industries with over one billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day. The new Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network is expected to be operational in 2012.

Globally, Air Products’ hydrogen pipeline operational expertise is evidenced by the 40 year safe operation of its network of systems. Pipelines offer a safe, robust and reliable supply of hydrogen to the refinery and petrochemical industry around the world. In addition to the Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system, Air Products also has hydrogen pipeline networks operating around the world in the U.S. in Southern California; in Canada in Sarnia, Ontario, and Edmonton, Alberta; and in The Netherlands in Rotterdam.

Hydrogen is widely used in petroleum refining processes to remove impurities found in crude oil such as sulfur, olefins and aromatics. Removing these components allows gasoline and diesel to burn cleaner and makes hydrogen a critical component in the production of cleaner fuels needed by modern, efficient internal combustion engines.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products’ ITM Work Wins EPRI Technology Transfer Award

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) ion transport membrane (ITM) technology was presented a Technology Transfer Award by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) at a recent ceremony held in New Orleans, Louisiana. EPRI Technology Transfer Awards, which represent the highest achievements realized during the year by EPRI, specifically lauded Air Products for its “Ion Transport Membrane for Lower-Cost Oxygen Production.”

Air Products’ patented ITM oxygen production technology could significantly increase the efficiency and reduce the costs of advanced coal-fired power plants, both with and without carbon dioxide capture and storage systems. Air Products received EPRI’s award for advancing its ITM technology and research results, for leadership in the implementation of the technology, and for leadership in the development of the technology.

“We are honored to have been presented an award by EPRI, recognizing the advancement that ITM technology offers the energy industry,” said Ted Foster, director–Business Development at Air Products. “We believe ITM oxygen technology will play a role in advancing coal-based clean power generation both in today’s power market, and also in the anticipated carbon-constrained environment of the future.”

ITM technology uses a ceramic material which, under pressure and temperature, ionizes and separates oxygen molecules from air. No external source of electrical power is required in this process. The technology would be an alternative to traditional cryogenic air separation units, the conventional means of producing the large quantities of oxygen required by an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plant and also the newer oxy-combustion electric power plants, which would capture carbon dioxide. This process typically contributes up to 15 percent of the capital cost of the plant and up to 80 percent of the internal power demand. ITM technology has the potential to produce oxygen more economically and efficiently, decrease the oxygen plant footprint, and also decrease the cooling water requirement for most large oxygen demand applications.

“Air Products has been a leader in the development and application of ITM oxygen technology since 1988. This leadership and involvement has significantly advanced the development of ITM oxygen technology that offers significant cost and performance benefits,” said Tom Alley, vice president of Generation at EPRI. Alley presented the EPRI award to Air Products.

Current ITM technology work successfully builds on investments by Air Products and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop options to lower the capital and operating cost of IGCC and oxy-combustion electric power generation plants. Most recently, in 2010, Air Products was selected for $71 million in funding from DOE for development of ITM oxygen technology for integration with advanced industrial systems. The funding pointed Air Products to accelerate commercial manufacturing of ion transport membrane modules and initiate the development of a 2,000 ton per day pre-commercial scale facility ahead of schedule, enabling this technology to potentially enter the marketplace at least two years earlier than previously projected.

Since 2009, Air Products has been involved with an EPRI Industry Technology Demonstration collaborative comprising seven electric utility companies.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products’ Planned Oklahoma Facility Strengthens Oilfield Services Position

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today plans to build, own and operate a new liquid nitrogen production facility in Mooreland, Oklahoma. The new facility, to have an approximate 250 ton per day capacity, will strengthen Air Products’ existing leadership position in supplying the region’s oilfield services market. The Mooreland plant is to be on stream in 2012.

“The decision to build this facility will expand our supply position in this market which largely serves the oilfield services industry. The plant will both assist in meeting increased liquid product demand and enhance our responsiveness level to customers for needed services,” said Nelson Squires, vice president, North America Merchant Gases at Air Products.

Air Products has supplied nitrogen and oxygen for upstream oil and gas production and processing for more than 40 years utilizing a variety of supply modes along with the most comprehensive package of value-added technologies, services and equipment available. For more information on Air Products’ work with the oilfield services market in a specific country go to www.airproducts.com/markets/cpi/content/default.htm.

Air Products has additional Oklahoma operations, in Pryor, that produce liquid products for other markets including food, chemicals, metal processing, electronics and medical applications.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products’ Mobile Hydrogen Fueling Technology Helping National Laboratory to Achieve Energy Goals

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) mobile hydrogen fueling technology is helping Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) achieve its strategy of an energy sustainable future and a cleaner environment. At the Livermore, Calif. based national security laboratory, Air Products technology and equipment is fueling two hydrogen powered shuttle buses used to transport employees and visitors at LLNL’s main site.

“This laboratory does cutting edge work and is an important place to locate hydrogen fueling technology to show that it is ready and working today. This is an opportunity for the scientists working at the lab and the guests who visit the site to get a first-hand look at hydrogen as an alternative fuel,” said Dan Rabun, business development manager for Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products. “We operate an identical shuttle bus at our headquarters and its daily use makes a positive statement about the potential of the technology.”

The mobile hydrogen fueler is part of the diverse portfolio of hydrogen fueling technologies deployed by Air Products around the world. The versatile technology comes complete with fuel storage and dispensing, and can be transported from location to location to provide hydrogen fueling for both short and long-term fueling needs. The fueler can be remotely monitored and is designed to provide daily, around-the-clock hydrogen vehicle fueling availability. It is able to dispense hydrogen without the need for a utility hook-up as solar panels on the top of the fuelers provide the electrical power for the dispensing unit. In all, Air Products has 20 mobile fuelers at locations in the U.S. Details on Air Products’ portfolio of hydrogen fueling station technologies are provided at www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

A collaboration of Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories, the shuttle project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Fuel Cell Technologies Program. LLNL has said the hydrogen shuttles, which will also be featured in educational community outreach activities, are part of a DOE-funded deployment of hydrogen powered vehicles and fueling infrastructure at nine federal facilities across the country to demonstrate this market-ready advanced technology.

This project is the latest in several hydrogen-fueled transit announcements by Air Products. In December 2010, Air Products announced it was filling five new hydrogen fuel cell powered buses that transport riders daily on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) bus system in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. It also commissioned its fueling station in London and is filling a fleet of five hydrogen buses as part of the Transport for London Project, which will be adding the first fleet of London hydrogen taxis in 2012. In November 2010, Air Products provided the hydrogen for a fleet of more than 50 hydrogen fuel cell shuttle vehicles that transported athletes and government officials at the Asian Games and Asian Para Games in Guangzhou City, China. The project was similar to Air Products’ filling hydrogen buses at a fueling station in the Beijing Hydrogen Park for the Beijing Olympic Games, which marked the first demonstration project for new-energy vehicles in China.

Air Products, the leading supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 10,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 120 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 275,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

About Air Products

About Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a national security laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. For more information, visit www.llnl.gov/.

Air Products Submits Planning Application for Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products has today submitted its planning application to Stockton Borough Council for its proposed Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility at the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside.

The project will use advanced gasification technology to convert pre-processed household and commercial waste currently going to landfill into baseload, renewable power for up to 50,000 homes in the North East. By diverting waste from landfill the proposed plant will offer an environmentally-friendly solution for the production of renewable energy in the North East. The plant also has the potential to generate renewable hydrogen for mobile and stationary energy applications and is being considered for a demonstration of fuel cell technology.

Submitting this planning application follows more than 12 months of technical and environmental studies, along with detailed design and engineering work. Air Products has also consulted with local area organisations and people living in Port Clarence and Billingham by hosting two public exhibitions, presenting at various meetings and distributing more than 7,500 information leaflets about the project to them.

Supported by the regional development agency One North East via the Tees Valley Industrial Programme, the project has also been welcomed by a number of other local organisations including NEPIC, the North East Chamber of Commerce, Renew@CPI and Tees Valley Unlimited.

If approvals for the proposed project are given - which also include an environmental permitting consent from the Environment Agency - work on the project could start by the end of this year, and enter commercial operation in 2014.

Ian Williamson, European Hydrogen and Bioenergy Director at Air Products said: “Diverting waste from landfill to generate power for homes and businesses makes sense. The proposed 49MW Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility will use the very latest technology to generate power for the region and at the same it will help meet Stockton’s environment, energy and economic investment objectives.

“If we successfully secure permission for the facility, Air Products will be looking to work with local firms in its construction and operation. We’re already working closely with the site’s owners, Impetus Waste Management, and have just brought Foster Wheeler’s Stockton office on board to support us for engineering design, so we know what expertise local companies can bring. In total, we expect this whole project will create up to 50 direct permanent jobs, between 500 and 700 jobs during the construction phase plus it will lead to many other indirect jobs.”

EDITOR’S NOTE:

About the Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility
The proposed Tees Valley Renewable Energy facility will use advanced gasification technology to provide renewable electricity for up to 50,000 homes in the North East. The 49MW power plant will be located at the Reclamation Pond site (adjacent to the North Tees Chemical Complex), which is now part of the New Energy and Technology Business Park, near Billingham, Teesside.

The plant will mostly use non-recyclable waste (i.e. household, commercial and industrial waste left over after recycling) that is currently going to landfill sites in the Teesside area for the production of renewable energy in the North East. Longer term, this plant has the potential to generate a renewable source of hydrogen for commercial use, for example to fuel public transport.

About Advanced Gasification Technology
The facility will be one of the first advanced gasification plants of this size in the UK, using technology already used in other countries and proven as an efficient and environmentally friendly way of producing energy from waste.

Advanced gasification technology is used to convert a variety of feedstocks (for example non-recyclable waste) into an energy rich gas stream product which can be used to generate renewable power, hydrogen or biofuels. A non-hazardous by-product (slag) is also produced which could potentially be beneficially used in the manufacture of other products such as floor tiles, insulation, landscaping blocks or road aggregate.

AlterNRG’s Westinghouse gasification solution – which will be used at the proposed facility - has been operating in waste destruction and generating energy from waste for over 15 years. Two existing facilities in Japan have been processing household and other industrial wastes into energy for over 7 years and have proven to be reliable and below stringent Japanese emission standards. The proposed Air Products facility will incorporate the best available, proprietary clean-up technology to reduce emissions further, making for clean and renewable energy production.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

To find out more information about Air Products Tees Valley Renewable Energy Facility please visit: www.airproducts.co.uk/teesvalley.

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Air Products is Exclusive Hydrogen Vehicle Fueler for FCHE 2011 Conference Events in Washington, DC

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) hydrogen fueling technology will be very busy this week at the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy (FCHE) 2011 Conference in Washington, D.C. The leader in hydrogen fueling technology, Air Products is the exclusive supplier of hydrogen and fueling technology for all the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle events for the FCHE Conference beginning today through February 16, 2011 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center.

“This is the premier conference for showcasing the capabilities of hydrogen as an energy carrier. We are pleased to provide the hydrogen and fueling technology to assist the fuel cell vehicle makers’ hosting of several ride-n-drive events in Washington,” said Nick Mittica, commercial business manager for Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products. “It will be a busy week with a lot of events scheduled to demonstrate vehicle capabilities and hydrogen’s use as an alternative energy.” Details on Air Products’ portfolio of hydrogen fueling station technologies are provided at www.airproducts.com/h2energy.

There are several scheduled ride-n-drive events, where conference attendees and others will have the opportunity to drive or ride hydrogen powered and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles over several days at the conference. Air Products will also fuel the vehicles for planned events at Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Transportation, among other locations. To learn more about the FCHE 2011 Conference go to www.hydrogenconference.org.

“We thank and applaud Air Products for their vital contribution to the success of the ride and drives and other activities during the FCHE 2011 Conference,” said Ruth Cox, president and executive director of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association.

Air Products, the leading supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels, has unique experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements. In fact, in certain market applications, fueling rates at several individual sites of over 10,000 refills per year are occurring. The company has placed over 120 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 19 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with trend-setting technologies that involve Air Products’ know-how, equipment and hydrogen. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently over 275,000 hydrogen fills per year.

Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and is on the forefront of hydrogen energy technology development. Air Products has an extensive patent portfolio with over 50 patents in hydrogen dispensing technology. Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen, and HCNG (hydrogen/compressed natural gas) fueling, and has developed a variety of enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site via truck, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is solar and wind driven.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.