The first-ever hydrogen-powered reactor installed in a British refinery has traveled 6,000 miles to the Essar Oil site in Cheshire.
Due to the large size of the reactor, enough transports were made to shut him down M53 on Saturday 13 August. Delivery to the oil site took several hours.
When the furnace arrived at the scene, the machine was traveling at a slow pace of less than 4 miles per hour, requiring the assistance of multiple agencies, including national highways and the Cheshire Police, for transportation. August 14th.
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At 18.5 meters high, almost five times its standing height, 26.5 meters long and 14.2 meters wide, the hydrogen-fueled reactor in a double-decker bus is the largest object ever to travel a UK road. is one of
After spending time at sea, she arrived in Liverpool Harbor in June and was carried down the Manchester Ship Canal.
It will be the first hydrogen-powered reactor in existence in the UK to be able to operate from a 100% hydrogen source, replacing her three existing reactors currently at Stanlow.
Expected to be fully operational by 2023, the project will not only improve the energy efficiency of the Essar Oil UK site in Stanlow, but will also reduce over 240,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually from 2026.
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Essar Oil UK Chief Executive Officer Deepak Maheshwari said: -art Hydrogen Furnace. The new furnace is the first of its kind at any refinery in the UK and will help decarbonize the business and transition the UK to low carbon."
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