A Canadian oil company aims to decarbonize its refineries using hydrogen produced by proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers
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A Canadian oil company is using hydrogen to decarbonize its refinery. The company, headquartered in New York, USA, said that under the contract it will deliver a 5MW containerized proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer to the St. John refinery of Irving Oil in New Brunswick – the largest of its kind in Canada. These companies say that the electrolyzers will initially be powered by the local power grid, enabling the oil company to produce two tons of hydrogen per day for use in refining and mobile applications, with the goal of eventually shifting to green hydrogen production.
With the current level of hydrogen consumption in refineries of this scale, the water electrolysis approach is not the optimal solution; and is the oxygen simply discarded? Green electricity for electrolysis?
It represents a certain electricity usage scenario. Initially, this electrolyzer will be powered by the local power grid, allowing the oil company to produce two tons of hydrogen per day for use in refining and mobile applications, with the goal of eventually shifting to green hydrogen production.