Daejeon City Opens Hydrogen Industry Full-Cycle Product Safety Support Center

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Hydrogen Industry Full-Cycle Product Safety Support Center (hereinafter referred to as the Support Center) has opened in Daejeon.

Daejeon City announced on the 28th that it held the opening ceremony of the Support Center at the research site in Sindong, Yuseong-gu, International Science Business Belt.

The Support Center was built on a site area of 15,479㎡ with a total building floor area of 2,194㎡. The Support Center is equipped with 18 testing devices and 8 testing rooms, centered around ultra-high-pressure hydrogen testing equipment with a maximum pressure of 120MPa.

Through this, the city explains that it will be possible to conduct testing and evaluation related to the entire cycle of hydrogen industry production, transportation, storage, and usage, as well as demonstration tests necessary for new product development.

Going forward, the Support Center will use the testing facilities to test and evaluate the performance and durability of hydrogen charging station components such as valves, compressors, chargers, hoses, as well as hydrogen components and products such as hydrogen extractors and water electrolysis devices.

Additionally, based on testing and evaluation data, it plans to provide technical support necessary for companies' hydrogen component and product development and commercialization from design to market launch.

Heo Tae-jeong, Mayor of Daejeon, said, “With the full-scale operation of the Support Center, the city will strive to support hydrogen-related companies in Daejeon to actively utilize the advanced science and technology infrastructure possessed by the region and receive assistance in hydrogen component development.”

Meanwhile, the city was selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s public project in November 2018 and secured a total project cost of 28.5 billion KRW (10.5 billion KRW national funds, 18.5 billion KRW city funds) for the establishment of the Support Center.

The Support Center was established with the participation of the Hydrogen Convergence Alliance, Daejeon Technopark, Korea Energy Technology Research Institute, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, and Korea Gas Technology Corporation, and in August 2020, Korea Gas Technology Corporation was selected as the entrusted operating agency.

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