Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has increased the supply capacity of its Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline supply network by approximately 40 million standard cubic feet per day. The additional product supply results from Air Products’ hydrogen production facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas, which is onstream and processing an additional supply of hydrogen-rich off-gas from a propane dehydrogenation plant operated by Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
“Air Products continually looks for additional sources of hydrogen to add product supply capacity to our well-established pipeline network system along the Gulf Coast. We had an existing relationship with Enterprise and are pleased to enhance and expand that relationship by processing additional levels of hydrogen-rich off-gas. One of Air Products’ company goals is to always provide excellent service to our customers. Increasing the hydrogen capacity, supply reliability and flexibility of our pipeline system is a prime example of just that endeavor,” said Marie Ffolkes, president, Industrial Gases Americas at Air Products.
The Mont Belvieu Air Products hydrogen production facility uses the company’s pressure swing adsorption technology, which is already in place at numerous other locations around the world. The increased amounts of off-gas processing and hydrogen production capability, under a new longterm agreement, builds on Air Products’ successful processing of off-gas from Enterprise at the same complex since 1994.
Overall, Air Products’ Gulf Coast hydrogen system provides over 1.4 billion standard cubic feet of hydrogen per day to refinery and petrochemicals customers. The 600-mile pipeline, which is fed by 22 Air Products’ hydrogen production facilities, stretches from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana.