A cewar MiningWeekly, Anglo American, wani kamfanin hakar ma'adinai da tallace-tallace iri-iri, yana haɗin gwiwa da Umicore don haɓaka fasaha ta hanyar kamfanin Anglo American Platinum (Anglo American Platinum), yana fatan canza yadda ake adana hydrogen, da kuma motocin Fuel Cell (FCEV) suna samar da wutar lantarki.
Kamfanin Anglo American Group ya ce a ranar Litinin cewa, bisa ga wannan fasahar, ba za a buƙaci gina kayayyakin more rayuwa na hydrogen da hanyoyin samar da makamashi na ƙarin makamashi ba, kuma ana ɗaukar wuraren watsawa, adanawa da kuma samar da hydrogen a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan cikas ga haɓaka makamashin hydrogen mai tsabta.
Wannan haɗin gwiwa na bincike da haɓaka shirin yana da nufin ƙara haɓaka tsarin haɗa hydrogen da ruwa ta hanyar sinadarai (wanda ake kira mai ɗaukar hydrogen na ruwa ko LOHC, Mai ɗaukar Hydrogen na Ruwa), da kuma cimma amfani kai tsaye na motocin mai (FCEV) da sauran motoci bisa fasahar Catalyst don ƙarfe na rukuni na platinum.
Amfani da LOHC yana ba da damar sarrafa hydrogen da jigilar shi ta hanyar bututun jigilar ruwa na yau da kullun kamar tankunan mai da bututun mai, kamar man fetur ko fetur, ba tare da buƙatar kayan aiki masu rikitarwa don matse iskar gas ba. Wannan yana guje wa sabbin hanyoyin samar da makamashin hydrogen kuma yana hanzarta haɓaka hydrogen a matsayin mai tsabta. Tare da taimakon sabuwar fasahar da Anglo American da Umicore suka haɓaka, yana yiwuwa a ɗauki hydrogen daga LOHC don motocin lantarki a ƙaramin zafin jiki da matsin lamba (wanda ake kira matakin dehydrogenation), wanda ya fi sauƙi kuma ya fi araha fiye da hanyar hydrogen da aka matse.
Benny Oeyen, Daraktan Sashen Ci Gaban Kasuwar Karfe ta Anglo American ta Platinum Group, ya gabatar da yadda fasahar LOHC ke samar da hanyar jigilar mai mai kyau, mara hayaki kuma mai rahusa ta hydrogen. Kamfanin ya yi imanin cewa ƙarfe na rukuni na platinum suna da halaye na musamman na catalytic. Taimakawa wajen sauƙaƙe dabaru da kuma sauƙaƙa wa masu amfani. Bugu da ƙari, ƙarin mai yana da sauri kamar fetur ko dizal, kuma yana da irin wannan kewayon tafiya, yayin da yake rage farashin dukkan sarkar darajar.
Ta hanyar fasahar haɓaka fasahar rage haƙoran haƙora ta LOHC da kuma amfani da LOHC mai ɗauke da hydrogen don samar da wutar lantarki ga aikace-aikacen wayar hannu, zai iya magance matsalolin da kayayyakin more rayuwa da sufuri na hydrogen ke fuskanta, da kuma hanzarta haɓaka FCEV. Lothar Moosman, Babban Mataimakin Shugaba, Sashen Kasuwanci na Umicore New (Lothar Mussmann) ya ce. Kamfanin Mooseman yana samar da ƙwayoyin halittar proton na FCEV.
Kamfanin Anglo American Group koyaushe yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka fara tallafawa tattalin arzikin hydrogen kuma ya fahimci matsayin dabarun hydrogen a cikin makamashin kore da sufuri mai tsabta. "Ƙarfe na Platinum na iya samar da mahimman abubuwan haɓaka don samar da hydrogen kore da sufuri mai amfani da hydrogen da sauran fasahohi masu alaƙa. Muna binciken fasahohi a wannan fanni don ƙirƙirar yanayin saka hannun jari na dogon lokaci wanda ke amfani da damar hydrogen gaba ɗaya", in ji Shugaba na Anglo Platinum Tasha Viljoen (Natascha Viljoen).
Tare da goyon bayan Ƙungiyar Ci gaban Kasuwar Kasuwar Anglo American Platinum Group Metals da kuma taimakon Peter Wasserscheid, farfesa a Jami'ar Erlangen kuma wanda ya kafa Hydrogenious LOHC Technology, Umicore zai gudanar da wannan bincike. Hydrogenious jagora ne a masana'antar LOHC kuma kamfanin fayil ne na AP Venture, wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na asusun jari na kamfani wanda Anglo American Group ya saka hannun jari. Manyan hanyoyin saka hannun jarin su ne samar da hydrogen, adanawa, da sufuri.
Aikin ƙungiyar haɓaka kasuwar ƙarfe ta ƙungiyar Anglo American Group shine haɓaka da ƙarfafa sabbin aikace-aikacen ƙarfe na ƙungiyar platinum. Waɗannan sun haɗa da mafita mai tsafta da dorewa ta makamashi, ƙwayoyin mai don motocin lantarki, samar da hydrogen kore da jigilar su, abubuwan shaye-shaye na vinyl waɗanda ke tsawaita rayuwar abinci da rage sharar gida, da kuma haɓaka magungunan hana cutar kansa.