Owen Sound company Hydrogen Optimized has partnered with Flowserve Corporation of Texas to advance hydrogen production using innovative technology.
Hydrogen Optimized said the patented RuggedCell water electrolyzers are designed to achieve the lowest levelized cost of clean hydrogen at large scale.
They convert renewable energy such as solar and wind power into green hydrogen. The process uses a high-power architecture that enables 50 MW+ single modules to serve the clean energy requirements of major industrial applications such as steelmaking, ammonia production, and e-fuels.
A memorandum of understanding will see Flowserve provide a liquid ring compressor to Hydrogen Optimized for use at its high-power demonstration facility. Flowserve will also offer engineering support to to help optimize the efficiency of the back end of its hydrogen production.
Hydrogen Optimized is hoping the partnership will help them move more quickly toward commercialization of its system. And Flowserve will be able to review critical performance data on its products to create a leading technology to meet the needs of future decarbonization efforts.
“We are thrilled to team up with Hydrogen Optimized as we are fully aligned in our goals to accelerate decarbonization solutions globally,” said Mike Mancuso, Flowserve Vice President, Marketing and Technology. “While we work in lockstep to reduce carbon emissions, we also look forward to the valuable insights we will gain from this partnership which will help pave the way for Flowserve’s future product innovation – better enabling our customers to meet their decarbonization goals.”
“Flowserve has an outstanding reputation for quality and reliability, and we are delighted to be working with them,” said Andrew T. B. Stuart, President and CEO of Hydrogen Optimized. “We look forward to demonstrating how the integration of RuggedCell water electrolyzers with Flowserve compressors will create an exceptional product that meets the rapidly emerging demand for large-scale green hydrogen systems.”
