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GenH2 launches ground-breaking mobile liquid H2 system

GenH2 launched the LS20 Mobile Liquid H2 System, an end-to-end liquefication and storage system. The mobile liquefaction unit offers a space-optimized, fully integrated liquid H2 solution to be used in a range of applications from transportation to energy backup to accelerating the use of liquid H2 through pilot projects and testing. It will also be utilized as a lab setting for testing material, insulation, thermodynamic properties, and use cases for their applications.

With a mission to provide light-scale infrastructure solutions for liquid H2, GenH2 designed the LS20 with the capability of producing small amounts of liquid H2 to provide access to more H2 researchers and H2 industry players. The LS20 can produce between two and 20kg of liquid H2 per day, to provide liquid H2 at-the-ready, when and where it is needed. Twenty kg of liquid H2 contains nearly 2400 Megajoules of energy and can be readily stored and used within GenH2’s ultralight utility tank systems.

“The development of the LS20 has been a culmination of decades of experience and engineering within and in conjunction with NASA,” said Jong Baik, Chief Technology Officer of GenH2. “Providing researchers and developers of H2 infrastructure with a modular, efficient way of getting their hands on liquid H2 is a vital requirement to advance the H2 economy.”

The smallest liquid H2 mobile unit currently commercially available, the LS20 is self-sustaining and can run independently with a portable generator or plug into a building’s power source. This makes the LS20 ideal for dispensing fuel to multi-purpose drones and providing an emergency power supply to first responders. Additionally, the LS20 units are manufacturing ready to keep up with the increasing demand for H2 and enable faster infrastructure build-out and adoption. According to Baik, with its flexibility, compact size, and speed-to-market capabilities, the LS20 is a game-changer for a rapidly growing H2 industry.

The LS20 is designed for those areas where relatively compact systems are necessary to enable H2 viability. As a complete system, the LS20 can liquefy, store, and dispense liquid H2 from any gaseous H2 source, such as a storage tank or an electrolyzer. This compact, flexible system offers the user the ability to provide liquid H2 when and where it is needed. The key features of LS20 technology are:

  • Convenient and safe liquid H2 production on demand between two and 20 kg per day
  • O.T. approved 400 Liter capacity liquid H2 storage tank with zero-boil-off storage feature
  • Fully automated liquid H2 production/storage level control and monitoring system
  • Zero-loss, liquid-to-liquid transfer system with H2 gas recovery bag
  • Detachable liquid H2 storage tank for separate liquid H2 transport
  • Innovative quick-connect vacuum jacketed receptacles
  • Ultra-light liquid H2 tanks for H2 mobilities such as cars, drones, UAVs, trucks, etc.
  • H2 detection sensor, Oxygen monitoring, IR H2 flame detectors
  • Multiple pressure relief devices and advanced emergency venting system