Hydrogen compressors

Compressors are essential to move, store or transform hydrogen. From the point at which hydrogen is produced to the point where it is consumed, our wide compression portfolio supports many applications across the hydrogen value chain. Applications for hydrogen compression include:

Production - Gathering of green hydrogen from electrolysis, grey and blue hydrogen produced by steam methane or autothermal reformers (SMRs/ATRs)
Transportation - Liquification, pipeline, storage (cavern/vessel), conversion to ammonia as H2 carrier
Utilization - E-fuels (ammonia/methanol), industrial applications (e.g. green steel), mobility, petrochemical/refining feedstock, gas turbine fuel

Your partner for hydrogen compression solutions

We are a global market leader in hydrogen compression applications with over 2500+ units operating in hydrogen applications, representing over 2,500,000 installed horsepower and over 100 years of compression experience. We can provide you with the optimum equipment solution, with a high lifetime value, for all your compression needs.

Our portfolio gives you more technology choices for the optimum solution for your project-specific requirements, considering:

Volume flow
Pressure ratio
Gas composition
CAPEX & OPEX
Operating range required
Footprint

Our hydrogen compressor meets all customer and international design standards. Each unit is meticulously built, designed, and tested to ensure it withstands the most stringent quality checks. The result? A product that provides high efficiency, reliability, compactness and above all, superior hydrogen compression in pipelines, efuels, and other green production processes.

Embrace the power of efficiency and sustainability at any scale with our advanced hydrogen compressor - a testament to our decades of experience and unwavering commitment to support our customers through the energy transition.

For further information contact one of our experts below.

The compressor technology doesn’t “care” about the “colour” of the hydrogen and how it is produced, it simply compresses according to the physics of a low mol-weight gas application. Both reciprocating and turbo compressors cover the complete map of low mol-weight applications. With each product having its strengths in overlapping areas, the choice of the product requires both technical as well as economic considerations.

For this reason, finding a solution for hydrogen compression is always project-specific and can even combine both products to find the optimal and most efficient solution for the client’s compression needs. In general, our reciprocating compressors apply to applications which have small suction volume flows, high pressure ratios and/or high process flexibility requirements whilst our centrifugal compressors apply to low compression ratio and medium to high volume flow applications.

To help ensure you develop accurate and optimized solutions, there are key considerations which need to be clearly defined when developing your hydrogen compression solution:

What is the gas composition and is there water in the gas?
Is the flow provided the dry flow or the wet flow?
At what pressure is the gas being provided to the compressor?
At what temperature is the gas being provided to the compressor?
What cooling mediums are available on site for process gas cooling requirements between compression stages?
If there is no water on site, what is the site ambient temperature for finfan air coolers?
What discharge pressure is required?
What level of lubrication oil carryover is acceptable downstream of compressor?
What is the operating philosophy and capacity control requirement?