未来储氢需求将大幅增长

    中国石化新闻网讯 在过去几年里，氢存储的使用在运输部门急剧增加。这是由于其低成本和高存储性能对动力燃料电池汽车的高要求。此外，根据世界核协会的估计，今后几年，从原油生产运输燃料所需的氢将迅速增加。这将反过来推动未来几年对氢存储的需求。

    除上述因素外，氢和燃料电池技术的飞速发展也推动了全世界储氢需求。此外，许多国家的政府正在制定各种政策，例如新的融资机会，以推动氢存储的利用。例如，在2016年5月10日，英国政府投资221万美元开发了100辆氢燃料电池汽车和厢式货车。

    根据印度市场研究公司P&S Intelligence的预测，2016年至2026年，该市场预计将以7.6%的复合年增长率增长。基于材料和物理的储氢技术是最常用的。其中，近年来人们发现对物理储氢技术的需求更高。

    由于在原油精炼、玻璃生产、运输、金属加工和氨生产等各种最终用途中储存的氢气的利用率不断提高，预计未来几年对这一技术的需求也会激增。运输、固定电源和便携式电源是储氢的主要应用领域。其中，储氢的使用预计在未来几年将在交通部门快速增长。

    在全球范围内，氢存储市场是亚太地区过去增长最快的市场。该地区未来还将见证该行业的快速扩张。这是因为该地区氢制甲醇的使用率不断提高，各种环保运输燃料的使用也在不断增加。此外，印度和中国各制造工厂对氨的需求迅速增长，这将在未来几年为氢储存需求增加动力。

    因此，可以肯定地说，全世界对氢存储的需求在未来几年里将会激增，主要是因为该技术在交通运输、润滑油和石油和天然气行业的应用不断增加。

    冯娟 摘译自 MENAFN

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    Demand for Hydrogen Storage Set to Soar in Future

    During the last few years, the usage of hydrogen storage increased sharply in the transportation sector. This was because of its high requirement in power fuel cell automobiles, on account of its low cost and high-storage performance. Additionally, as per the estimates of the World Nuclear Association, the requirement for hydrogen for producing transport fuels from crude oil will rise rapidly in the future years. This will, in turn, fuel the demand for hydrogen storage in the coming years.

    Besides the above-mentioned factors, the rapid advancements being made in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are also driving the demand for hydrogen storage across the world. Furthermore, the governments of many countries are enacting various policies such as new funding opportunity for propelling the utilization of hydrogen storage. For example, in the U.K., the government made an investment of $2.21 million in the development of 100 additional hydrogen fuel cell cars and vans on May 10, 2016.

    According to the forecast of P&S Intelligence, a market research company based in India, the market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 7.6% from 2016 to 2026. Material-based and physical are the most commonly adopted hydrogen storage technologies. Of these, the demand for the physical hydrogen storage technology was found to be higher in the past years.

    The demand for this technology is also predicted to soar in the coming years, on account of the rising utilization of stored hydrogen in various end-use applications such as crude oil refining, glass production, transportation, metal working, and ammonia production. Transportation, stationary-power, and portable-power are the major application areas of hydrogen storage. Out of these, the usage of hydrogen storage is predicted to grow rapidly in the transportation sector in the upcoming years.

    Globally, the hydrogen storage market recorded the highest growth in Asia-Pacific in the past. The region will also witness rapid expansion of the industry in the future. This will be because of the rising utilization of the methanol made from hydrogen and the growing usage of various environment-friendly transportation fuels in the region. Additionally, the burgeoning requirement for ammonia in various manufacturing plants in India and China will add wings to the hydrogen storage demand in the coming years.

    Hence, it is safe to say that the requirement for hydrogen storage will shoot-up across the world in the forthcoming years, mainly because of the rising usage of the technology in the transportation, lubricants, and oil and gas industries.