Tianjin Bohua’s safe organic liquid hydrogen storage project put into operation

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Recently, the safety organic liquid storage and hydrogen storage demonstration project of Tianjin Bohai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tianjin Bohai) was successfully put into operation. Through independent research and development, this project has overcome technical challenges such as hydrogen storage catalysts, process optimization, and system integration, providing a new approach for the safe and economical storage and transportation of hydrogen energy. 　　It is understood that the storage and transportation of hydrogen are key factors restricting the scaled development of this industry. This project utilizes safe organic liquid hydrogen storage technology, which allows hydrogen to be fixed in organic liquids through chemical reactions, thereby creating a stable and safe liquid carrier under normal temperature and pressure – and this significantly reduces the safety risks associated with storage and transportation. The implementation of this project will not only help overcome the high risks associated with storing, transporting, and using hydrogen as a hazardous chemical, thereby reducing the costs of hydrogen for end-users, but it will also facilitate the large-scale utilization of hydrogen produced as a by-product of industrial processes as well as hydrogen generated from renewable energy sources. 　　In the future, this project will focus on self-developed safe hydrogen-based energy storage and release devices, and by utilizing hydrogen produced as a by-product of industrial processes, it will create China’s first demonstration closed-loop system for storing and using hydrogen in safe organic liquid form.