PRESS RELEASE: May 11, 2011, Ivyland, PA, USA / Shell has begun operating a hydrogen fueling station for fuel cell automobiles in Torrance, California. The station uses Power+Energy micro-channel Palladium purifiers to purify hydrogen from a nearby industrial hydrogen pipeline operated by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. "This fueling station will be a tremendous model to show how effortless a pipeline supply of hydrogen can be to an automobile fueling station and other hydrogen fuel cell applications," said David J. Taylor, vice president, energy business at Air Products. "This site will be a model to learn and expand pipeline fed stations as opportunities arise." The P+E purifiers were provided to Air Products as part of its scope of supply to Shell, and are producing high purity hydrogen complying with SAE and ISO specifications for automotive fuel cell hydrogen quality. "We are pleased to have been selected for this critical application", said Noel Leeson, President of Power+Energy. "These purifiers provide a key enabling technology that ensure appropriate purity levels for stringent SAE requirements."
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