BlueH2 by T.EN™: unleashing full blue potential with low-carbon SMR and ATR-based solutions for hydrogen

In an exclusive interview with Gastech News, Aksel Aksam, VP - Global Hydrogen Market, Technip Energies, discusses the company’s proprietary technologies and services to affordably decarbonize existing facilities, power and hard-to-abate industries at scale.

What is BlueH2 by T.EN™?

From technology to design, delivery and beyond, BlueH2 by T.EN™ is a unique suite of fully integrated low carbon hydrogen technologies and EPC solutions. We meet specific decarbonization and performance goals as a single provider. BlueH2 by T.EN™ offers the best possible levelized cost for blue hydrogen production with the lowest carbon footprint across any type or scale of plant.

Can you explain the value of BlueH2 by T.EN™’s ATR technology?

Oxidative reforming - Auto Thermal Reforming (ATR) and Partial Oxidation (POx) - combined with carbon capture technology is a cost-effective way to produce low carbon hydrogen at larger-scale facilities (above 600kNm3/h - 2 GW single train) with up to 99% carbon capture rate. With Casale, we launched ROX™ for Recuperative Oxidative reforming, the most recent ATR-based flow scheme combining ATR with our proven TPR® (Technip Parallel Reformer) technology and delivering significant performance improvements to the ATR only scheme. ROX provides reduced feedstock and energy consumption with plant compactness resulting in optimized OPEX and CAPEX for lowest LCOH. Our solution combines proven technology with solid reliability, high efficiency and flexible carbon capture technologies, delivering best-in-class performance.

How does Technip Energies’ steam methane reforming (SMR) technology benefit hydrogen plants?

SMR is well-suited to small- to medium-capacity facilities with unrivaled performance in more than 275 hydrogen plants T.EN has delivered to date. We can deliver top-fi red reformers for hydrogen plants up to 300,000 Nm3/h (1 GW) in a single unit with optimized CAPEX and the lowest plot requirements without compromising OPEX.

By numbers, what are the advantages of BlueH2 by T.EN™ solutions?

BlueH2 by T.EN™ gives clients access to a complete portfolio of technology and project delivery solutions to meet the hydrogen requirements of existing assets or grassroot facilities.

• Up to 99% carbon emissions capture
  BlueH2 by T.EN™ offers 99% reduction in the carbon footprint compared to the traditional hydrogen process – from ~10 down to below 0.1 kilogram CO2 per kilogram H2.
• More than 99% operational reliability
  Our hydrogen plants have proven reliability and demonstrate onstream availability of more than 99% for uninterrupted hydrogen production.
• Better yield and the lowest LCOH
  Our solution provides maximum hydrogen yield, minimum energy demand (fuel + power), and highly efficient carbon avoidance and CCUS techniques to arrive at the lowest levelized cost of (blue) hydrogen. Aksel Aksam, VP - Global Hydrogen Market, Technip Energies, discusses the company’s proprietary technologies and services to affordably decarbonize existing facilities, power and hard-to-abate industries at scale.
• Improved plant performance and productivity
  BlueH2 by T.EN™ provides added value to clients by providing plant performance guarantees from design to EPC, schedule efficiencies by eliminating technology and delivery interface and optimized productivity through asset lifecycle support.

Overall, what role does BlueH2 by T.EN™ play in the energy transition?
As the energy transition gathers pace, BlueH2 by T.EN™ is playing a powerful role as we continue to expand our decarbonization solutions. We combine proprietary technology with more than 60 years of EPC project delivery experience to provide the best-levelized cost of hydrogen. From feasibility studies and technology selection to turnkey plant delivery and startup, we take responsibility throughout the entire process to deliver cost, performance and schedule certainty with flexible flow schemes to meet changing decarbonization and operational needs.