【Major Industrial Equipment in the Chemical Industry】303-**The energy group has developed the world’s first high-efficiency liquid hydrogen refueling system, and a commercial demonstration of hydrogen refueling for trucks has been carried out in the United States】

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Comply with the Work Safety Law! Take on the role of the primary responsible person! ---------------------------------------------- The past decade has been a period of rapid development in China’s chemical industry, marked by the emergence of many new processes, products, and equipment. China’s chemical processing equipment has also seen significant progress, which has contributed to the swift development of the petrochemical sector. Here, we have compiled some of the achievements and breakthroughs made by Chinese equipment manufacturers in terms of larger-scale production and increased use of domestic equipment. We invite everyone to share their insights and engage in discussions – let’s cheer for Made in China and support the development of chemical processing equipment! ------------------------------------------------------ Developed by **Energy Group! World’s first high-efficiency liquid hydrogen refueling system enables commercial hydrogen refueling for heavy trucks **The Beijing Institute of Low-Carbon Clean Energy of the Energy Group (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) has developed the world’s first liquid hydrogen refueling technology based on submersible high-pressure liquid hydrogen pumps. On May 12, this liquid hydrogen refueling system began to be used for commercial hydrogen refueling of Nikola Corporation’s hydrogen fuel cell truck fleet in Phoenix, Arizona. Since January 2022, the new liquid hydrogen refueling technology developed by the Low-Carbon Institute has been successfully used for demonstration purposes in refueling hydrogen fuel cell trucks, demonstrating excellent performance in terms of refueling speed, the filling rate of on-board storage tanks, system reliability, and refueling costs. It has attracted significant attention from leading companies and investors in the hydrogen energy industry. As partners of the Low-Carbon Institute and users of hydrogenation technology, Nikola Corporation of the United States and Hyundai of South Korea, leading global manufacturers of fuel cell heavy trucks, have given high praise to the institute’s liquid hydrogen refueling technology. As the world’s most influential automaker specializing in hydrogen fuel cell trucks and pure electric trucks, Nikola’s hydrogen refueling team conducted a thorough evaluation of the design of the Low-Carbon Institute’s liquid hydrogen refueling system and gave it high praise. Ryan McGeachie, Vice President of Global Energy Facilities at Nikola Corporation, said that the liquid hydrogen refueling system developed by Low Carbon Institute is very simple and practical; its compact and efficient design significantly reduces the space it occupies ； A filling rate of 4 kilograms per minute is also unprecedented; it represents a revolutionary improvement over the usual hydrogenation rate of less than 1 kilogram per minute. Hyundai Motor is one of the first companies in the world to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Its XCIENT truck is the world’s first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell truck. Its business team learned about the low-carbon institute’s hydrogen refueling systems through demonstration sessions, and conducted a detailed analysis of the technical costs and market competitiveness associated with these systems. Regarding the various performance advantages of the technology developed by Low-Carbon Institute, such as equipment and operation costs that are 30% lower than those of existing market technologies, evaporation losses that are 50% reduced, system energy consumption that is 90% lower, and maintenance costs that are 75% less, Jerome Gregeois, Technical Director for Hyundai Motor in North America, stated that this technology is ahead of its time and highly flexible in terms of installation and redeployment. It is expected to enable hydrogen fueling to become as convenient as diesel and gasoline refueling in the near future, offering an attractive hydrogen fueling solution for fleets that are currently adopting commercial applications. The Low-Carbon Institute has completed the development of a dual-pressure filling system at 35/70 megapascals, and is currently carrying out commercial demonstrations in areas such as buses and heavy trucks. To date, the liquid hydrogen refueling technology developed by the Low-Carbon Institute has undergone over 400 commercial demonstration refuelings, enabling uninterrupted operation for extended periods, with a total amount of liquid hydrogen refueled exceeding 10 tons. This innovative liquid hydrogen refueling technology enables safe, efficient, high-capacity, and unrestricted continuous refueling, with performance at the world’s leading level; it can provide large fleets of hydrogen fuel cells with fast, complete, and uninterrupted hydrogen refueling services.