Ukusizakala ngokugubha uhlelo lweshumi lwe- I-World Congress of Chemical Engineering ebibanjelwe edolobheni laseBarcelona kuze kube ngu-Okthoba 5, inkampani yaseFrance I-Air Liquide yethule ngokusemthethweni i-reactor yayo entsha sha eyenzelwe ngokukhethekile ukukhiqizwa kwe-hydrogen futhi yenziwe ngokuphelele ngokunyathelisa kwe-3D.
Njengomniningwane, akutshele ukuthi ukusebenza kwalolu hlobo lwesiphenduli ekwakhiweni kwe-hydrogen kulula kakhulu, okungenani ukukuchaza, ngoba okwenzayo ukukhiqiza i-hydrogen ngenxa yesitimu esikhiqizwa igesi yemvelo lapho ilashwa, lokho kuyinto, ivuselela ukushisa okukhiqizwa ngokwelapha igesi yemvelo ukuze ikhiqize umusi kamuva ithole i-hydrogen.
I-Air Liquide iyakwazi ukwenza ophendulayo wokuqala emhlabeni wokukhiqiza i-hydrogen esebenzayo ngokunyathelisa kwe-3D
Njengomunye wamalungu we I-European Federation of Chemical Engineering ngenkathi kwethulwa le reactor entsha ephrintiwe ye-3D:
Lesi siphenduli isicelo sokukhiqiza esenziwe sithakazelisa kakhulu futhi sinamandla okuba yinto emisha ephazamisayo embonini.
Manje, ukufika ekwethulweni kwalesi sithakazeli esisebenzayo esisebenza ngokugcwele se-3D, onjiniyela be-Air Liquide kuye kwadingeka basebenze kulo msebenzi iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-2. Ngemuva kwawo wonke lo msebenzi omkhulu kangaka, inkampani ikwazile ukuyivivinya ngempumelelo ngaphezu kwamahora angama-3.000 esikhungweni sakhe sokucwaninga esiseSaclay.
Inkampani yaseFrance inethemba lokuthi bonke lobu buchwepheshe obakhiwe onjiniyela bayo bangaba ne- umthelela omuhle ezimbonini eziningi ezisebenzisa i-hydrogen kanye nakuyo yonke imboni ngemuva kukawoyela, igesi, negesi yemvelo entantayo. Ukukhiqiza okungeziwe sekuvele kusetshenzisiwe emkhakheni wezamandla obanzi, kungaba amandla enuzi noma amandla omoya