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SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOR PILOT PLANT
21 January 2005 - Akcros Chemicals
| Akzo Nobel's Base Chemicals business has successfully launched the first phase of a pilot hydrogen power plant with project partner NedStack. |
Akzo Nobel's Base Chemicals business has successfully launched the first phase of a pilot hydrogen power plant with project partner NedStack. The two companies recently launched a three-year research project to determine the feasibility of setting up a power plant based on fuel cells and the PEM fuel cell system being developed is now up and running at Akzo Nobel's pilot plant based in Arnhem, the Netherlands. NedStack has installed proton exchange membrane fuel cells that consume the hydrogen produced at the pilot plant and convert this hydrogen to electric power. Measured electrical efficiency of the fuel cells in this "real life" situation is currently 61.8 percent. Installation and operation of the chlorine electrolysis pilot plant is just the first step in the development of a proposed 50 MW fuel cell power plant which will result in a substantial reduction of net energy consumption. From 2006, a pilot plant based on a fuel cell module of 50 kW will be installed at Akzo Nobel's chemicals site in Rotterdam. Preliminary specifications for this fuel cell power plant are: 50 MW nominal power, 200 MW rated fuel cell peak power, 60 percent electrical efficiency, zero emission and 40,000 hours fuel cell operating time without maintenance. During the project, which is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, NedStack and Akzo Nobel will develop and build a pilot power module to prove feasibility, test reliability and design the full-scale fuel cell power plant.
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About: Akcros Chemicals
Akcros Chemicals, a business unit of Akzo Nobel, is one of the world leaders in the field of additives for the processing and manufacturing of plastics as well as Polysulphide Chemicals for the aerospace, marine and construction industries. Annual sales amount to approximately EUR 200 million. With headquarters located in Eccles, UK, Akcros employs around 900 people. The company has manufacturing sites in the UK, Germany and the USA and sells its products world-wide.Akcros Chemicals is actively committed to the ongoing development of new products that bring added value to their customers. The company’s biocides are based on the active ingredients Oxybisphenoxarsine (OBPA), Zinc Pyrithione (ZnP) and Iodo Propynl Butyl Carbamate (IPBC). These active ingredients are supplied in liquid, powder and solid form so that customers have a broad range of formulating options depending on their particular end use requirements. To help customers to select the appropriate active ingredient and the levels for their particular formulations, Akcros has state-of-the-art microbiology laboratories in New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) and Düren, Germany. Akcros Chemicals welcomes the opportunity to work with anyone interested in superior biocidal protection. Akcros Chemicals’ quality, technical support and customer service are the best in the industry. Working closely with their customers, Akcros are dedicated to their total satisfaction. Call Akcros today (732-220-6882 USA, 44 161 785 1111 UK) to ensure full ‘SANIPROOFED by INTERCIDE’ biocidal protection. Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Consolidated sales for 2000 totaled EUR 14 billion (USD 13 billion, GBP 8.5 billion). The Company currently employs 67,400 people in 80 countries. |
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