BioX Establishes Green Hydrogen Production Test Bed... "Accelerating Domestic Commercialization"

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] BioX is establishing a green hydrogen production demonstration facility and has begun domestic commercialization testing of related technologies.

On the 17th, BioX announced that it has built a test bed for the green hydrogen production project, which is being carried out by transferring technology from the US company EAT (Electro-Active Technologies), at a livestock manure and food waste joint resource recovery facility located in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Accordingly, within this month, after a system performance evaluation under the technical supervision of EAT (overall advisor: Dr. Abhijeet Borole), continuous operation for more than three months is planned. Additionally, based on the verified data during the operation period, the green technology certification process will be conducted simultaneously.

US-based EAT is a biohydrogen production specialist company possessing Microbial Electrolysis Cell technology to produce hydrogen from food waste. In July 2021, together with Southern Company Gas, EAT was awarded a new research project supported by the United States Department of Energy (US DOE) for the production of waste-based clean hydrogen.

The green hydrogen production facility to be installed and operated by BioX this time has a capacity to produce more than 5 kg/day of green hydrogen (purified) with a purity of over 99% based on 1 ton of food waste wastewater. This amount is sufficient to fill one hydrogen fuel tank used in the hydrogen vehicle ‘Nexo’.

A BioX official explained, “The test bed will sequentially test not only food waste wastewater but also livestock manure, mixed livestock manure and food waste wastewater, and anaerobic digester effluent to verify the suitability of the high-purity hydrogen production technology for commercialization.” He added, “Depending on the results performed at this test bed, we plan to proceed with green hydrogen production projects at various organic waste generation facilities, including food waste wastewater.”

He continued, “Through the development of customized high-purity green hydrogen production technology utilizing industrial waste, we will become the first domestic biohydrogen company to emerge as a ‘hydrogen-specialized company.’ We will grow into an eco-friendly economic contributor leading the implementation of carbon neutrality.”

Meanwhile, BioX has been selected as a participating institution in the Integrated Water Management Specialized Graduate School project conducted by the Korea Environment Corporation’s National Water Industry Cluster Project Group. Along with green hydrogen, BioX is focusing on nurturing water management professionals and participating in programs to cultivate diverse talents.

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