The Engineering Division of the Linde Group, Bridgewater, N.J., announces that it has signed a contract to design and supply hydrogen production equipment for the core components of Praxair Inc.’s hydrogen plant in Louisiana. The order includes the steam-methane reformer, designed and supplied by Linde subsidiary Selas Linde in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania; the pressure swing adsorption unit; and the balance of the core plant.
The facility will have a production capacity of over 190,000 Nm3/h (normal meters cubed per hour) of high-purity hydrogen, and will also generate steam. It will be highly modular, with world-class reliability and energy efficiency, and is scheduled to come on stream in 2021.
In the 2017 financial year, The Linde Group generated revenue of $19.5 billion, making it one of the leading gases and engineering companies in the world, with approximately 58,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business, with forward-looking products and services.
