Samsung Heavy, Showcases Advanced Energy Technology at Italy's GastTech

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 5th that it will provide various solutions for achieving carbon neutrality in the shipbuilding and shipping industry to its clients at 'Gastech 2022,' the world's largest gas energy industry exhibition held in Milan, Italy.

From the 5th to the 8th, Samsung Heavy Industries has set up a 210㎡ (approximately 64 pyeong) exclusive exhibition hall at Gastech in Milan, Italy. Along with introducing LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers and FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas production facilities), whose demand has recently surged, the company plans to showcase advanced energy technologies such as liquefied hydrogen carriers, liquefied carbon dioxide carriers, and carbon capture and storage (OCCS) systems.

President Jung Jin-taek of Samsung Heavy Industries, along with sales and technical executives, will actively engage in marketing activities by meeting with more than 20 global clients including Shell, Equinor, and ExxonMobil.

Gastech is the world's largest gas energy industry exhibition, with participation from 750 companies across 60 countries. It began in 1972 and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. As the global energy environment transitions from oil to natural gas, ammonia, and hydrogen in the carbon-neutral era, the significance of new technologies showcased at Gastech is growing.

During the event, Samsung Heavy Industries will unveil its 20,000㎥ class liquefied hydrogen carrier technology for the first time. This technology adopts a Type C tank with a double vacuum insulation system to safely transport ultra-low temperature liquefied hydrogen at minus 253 degrees Celsius by sea, and it is expected to receive technical certification from the American ABS classification society.

Additionally, the company plans to showcase a large liquefied carbon dioxide tank (Type C) and a high-efficiency reliquefaction system jointly developed with the Norwegian DNV classification society. This is a core technology for efficiently transporting captured carbon dioxide from the process of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels such as natural gas to distant storage sites.

Samsung Heavy Industries has also obtained certification from the Korean Register (KR) for the conceptual design technology of large gas carriers (VLGC) that can transport ammonia, a zero-carbon fuel, and use it as propulsion fuel. Furthermore, it signed a carbon capture technology cooperation MOU with BASF in Germany. By optimizing BASF's carbon capture process technology on large LNG carriers, the total carbon dioxide emissions from ships can be significantly reduced.

A Samsung Heavy Industries official emphasized, "In the rapidly changing global energy industry environment toward carbon neutrality, Samsung Heavy Industries is actively developing various solutions necessary for building new energy value chains such as ammonia and hydrogen," adding, "The differentiated eco-friendly technologies showcased by Samsung Heavy Industries at Gastech 2022 are expected to lead future technology trends."

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