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Onboard hydrogen storage can create headaches for naval architects and vessel operators. However, methanol-to-hydrogen systems could help operators to meet the looming emissions mandates while keeping design and logistical challenges to a minimum, writes Bryan Reid, chief sales officer, RIX Industries.

RIX Industries is advocating on-vessel hydrogen-on-demand as the key to building momentum in decarbonization for the maritime industry... allowing hydrogen systems to drop into existing shipboard infrastructures with minimal impact on retrofit even as decarbonization goals are more easily met.

RIX Industries is a licensed manufacturer of e1 Marine's mobile reformer, that turns methanol diluted with water to hydrogen on demand... Twelve of the reformer units will be installed in Hydrogen One, a towboat designed by Seattle naval architectural firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) that will use the hydrogen to power an onboard fuel cell. The towboat is expected to join the New Orleans-based Maritime Partners, LLC's fleet in 2023.

RIX Industries is now offering its M2H2 series methanol-to-hydrogen generation power systems to the rail sector as a clean and green power solution alternative. Eliminating high costs associated with cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage, the M2H2 series operates in contract to high-pressure compressed hydrogen solutions.

Leveraging mobile hydrogen generation systems to power today’s trains for tomorrow’s decarbonisation mandates: While diesel fuel has powered the rail industry for nearly one hundred years, its days are numbered. Steam reforming of methanol to fuel cell grade hydrogen via M2H2 provides a low-emission solution meeting strict environmental fuel regulations – no NOx, SOx, or PM. Additionally, the M2H2 emits 30 to 50 percent less CO2 than diesel engines.

While the shipping industry keeps world commerce moving, it does so at high environmental cost. Sustainability is key to facilitating a healthier planet and a strong global economy; the shipping industry can play a key role here, via the modernization of ships, engines, and fuel. Leveraging hydrogen power as a fuel source, and more specifically hydrogen on demand, gives the industry a clear path to clean, sustainable shipboard power. Learn how in the most recent issue of Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology International where our own Bryan Reid shares how methanol reforming is gaining traction as the premier method for mass-producing clean, efficient and versatile hydrogen to not only help the planet but to also benefit the industry’s bottom line.

Shipbuilders now have a forward path that simplifies the transport, storage, and management of shipboard hydrogen for maritime applications. In the latest issue of H2View, our own Brian Reid shares insight into recent advancements that enable on-vessel, on-demand hydrogen generation and create a new commercial approach to clean, scalable hydrogen power systems in the process.

Joint venture to be positioned to meet the needs of the marine sector for the safe and efficient delivery of hydrogen onboard for mid-size power applications, resulting in a significant and cost-effective reduction in CO2 emissions when using standard methanol vs. gasoil, fully carbon-neutral when using renewable methanol, and can be modified to run on ammonia if desired.

The Methanol Institute (MI) is pleased to welcome RIX Industries as our newest member company.

RIX Industries (CSA CSM) announced in August that it had supplied mission-critical cryocooler technology for shipboard pilot and medical applications onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). 

As part of a new agreement, RIX Industries and Element 1 (E1) will deploy methanol-based M-Series hydrogen generator technology in both North America and Europe.

As one of the critical players helping the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, RIX Industries is experiencing high demand for its life-changing line of oxygen compressors which are aligned with the World Health Organisation’s guidelines and recommendations.

RIX’s high-pressure industrial oxygen compressors in high demand

RIX Industries offers insights during Hydrogen + Fuel Cells North America 2017

The US Navy’s new aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, is set to feature an on-board liquid oxygen generating plant, developed by Rix Industries and incorporating Chart’s new Qdrive® Acoustic-Stirling Liquefier.

There are a wide variety of hydrogen compressor and pump technologies in use today. Types of compressors include diaphragm, reciprocating piston, and centrifugal. Pumps for hydrogen applications consist of various kinds of positive displacement systems. Each compressor and pump system operates using different methods, and each is used for specific reasons and for specific markets.