The H2 Hub in Delfzijl is set to play a key role in the energy transition and in establishing a new hydrogen economy in the north of the Netherlands starting this year. The project, initiated by Edward Doorten with the company HyEnergy TransStore B.V., is supported by various subsidies and partners. The task is to fill trailers on site with green hydrogen produced by chlor-alkali electrolysis. Filling the trailers with green hydrogen allows fast, nationwide distribution to the existing and future hydrogen industry.

At the public trailer filling station built for this purpose, the existing hydrogen from the nearby chemical park is first purified and compressed before up to 4,000 kg of green hydrogen per day will be filled in the future.

NEUMAN & ESSER's comprehensive expertise comes into play in this application. Ilya Asser, Managing Director of NEUMAN & ESSER Deutschland, said: “We are delighted to be part of this future-oriented project with our compressor solutions. Pioneering projects such as this one make an important contribution to Europe’s energy transition and the establishment and expansion of the hydrogen economy.”

Four NEA|HOFER diaphragm compressors will compress the purified hydrogen to up to 420 bar. The hydrogen has a purity of 99.999% and is fed into trailers with an operating pressure of up to 380 bar. The high-purity hydrogen can be used directly in fuel cells in hydrogen-powered vehicles, for example.

NEUMAN & ESSER sales engineer Christian Böhr, said: “The hydrogen must still have a purity of 99.999% after compression. Our NEA|HOFER diaphragm compressors are capable of compressing gases without further contamination from oil or abrasion, making them ideally suited for this application.”

In a ceremonial event organised by the HyMobility Association in Utrecht, Ilya Asser and Christian Böhr, together with Edward Doorten from HyEnergy TransStore B.V., signed a certificate publicly confirming the cooperation agreement. Edward Doorten ,added: “We are delighted to have NEUMAN & ESSER as our partner in establishing a new hydrogen economy in the north of the Netherlands.”

For more information, visit www.neuman-esser.com and www.hy-energy.co.uk.

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