Bangkok Industrial Gas Co (BIG), Thailand’s biggest commercial gas manufacturer, has actually co-launched a model of what would be the nation’s very first hydrogen filling station in a relocate to promote hydrogen as a fuel for environment-friendly automobiles.
Mr Piyabut anticipates vehicle assemblers to focus more on the research study and advancement of hydrogen fuel innovation in the future.
BIG, together with PTT Plc, Toyota Motor Thailand and Toyota Daihatsu Engineering and Production Co, is evaluating the center that serves limos bring travelers in between U-tapao airport and Pattaya in addition to neighboring locations.
The hydrogen filling station, situated in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, was established by BIG’s moms and dad business, the Pennsylvania-based Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
The job cost almost 100 million baht.
The center can mix compressed hydrogen with oxygen in electrochemical cells to produce electrical energy for automobiles in 3-5 minutes, compared to 45 minutes to 8 hours required to charge battery-run automobiles, stated Piyabut Charuphen, handling director of BIG.
The procedure to make fuel cells likewise does not need uncommon earths that are required in the production of lithium-ion batteries for electrical automobiles.
Water is the only spin-off of this electrochemical response.
2 fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai automobiles will be evaluated in this job for 2 years.
It is an appealing tidy fuel that can support international efforts to reach carbon neutrality– a balance in between co2 emissions and absorption.
” This financial investment in facilities for fuel cell innovation will assist step up the efforts,” stated Mr Piyabut.
He anticipates vehicle assemblers to focus more on the research study and advancement of hydrogen fuel innovation in the future.
BIG earlier ran the industrial operation of its 2nd gas production center, with capability of 12,000 tonnes each year, in Rayong’s Nong Fab location in order to serve the growth of oil refineries and petrochemical market in the Eastern Economic Passage, covering parts of Chon Buri, Rayong and Chachoengsao.
The company anticipates its gas sales, consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, argon and hydrogen, to grow 10% this year, up from an everyday average of 4,200 tonnes in 2015 as the production sector went back to typical after the easing of the pandemic.
