The world’s first liquid hydrogen carrier ship has been unveiled today in Japan, marking a major step forward in the Australia-Japan coal-to-hydrogen pilot.

世界第一艘液氫運輸船今日在日本下水，標示著澳大利亞-日本煤制氫示范項目邁出了重要的一步。

 

Weighing approximately 8,000 tonnes, Suiso Frontier was launched by Kawasaki Heavy Industries at its Kobe Works yard, and marks the first stage in the Australia-Japan pilot project to produce liquefied hydrogen from brown coal.

這艘重約8000噸的Suiso Frontier，是川崎重工在神戶下水的輪船，是澳大利亞-日本，由褐煤生產液化氫試點項目的第一個階段。

The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project at Port Hastings in Victoria, Australia will see liquefied hydrogen produced from Latrobe Valley brown coal transported to Japan for use in fuel cell electric vehicles and power generation.

澳大利亞維多利亞黑斯廷斯港口的氫能供應鏈（HESC）項目，將在拉特羅布由褐煤生產液化的氫氣，然后運往日本，為日本的氫能燃料電池汽車和燃料電池發電提供氫氣。

 

The project is one of the world’s first efforts to commercialise technology to liquefy and transport hydrogen.

該項目是世界首個嘗試將液化和運輸氫氣技術結合在一起的項目。

 

The new ship will transport liquefied hydrogen at 1/800 of its original gas-state volume, cooled to -253°C, safely and in large quantities over long distances by sea.

這艘新船將會安全大量遠距離的運輸液態的氫氣，是其原始氣態體積的1/800，要冷卻至零下253℃。

 

© Kawasaki Heavy Industries

川崎重工

 

Kawasaki said it plans to install a 1,250m3 vacuum-insulated, double-shell-structure liquefied hydrogen storage tank, currently being manufactured at Harima Works, on the ship and complete the vessel’s construction by late 2020.

川崎公司說，它們會在船上安裝1250立方米的一個真空絕熱，雙殼結構的液化氫儲罐，該儲罐目前由Harima Works進行生產，并于2020年末完成。

 

The Japanese firm also said it’s pursuing this hydrogen business as part of its efforts toward sustainable development goals.

川崎還表示，追求氫能業務的發展，是川崎實現可持續發展目標的一部分。

 

“In 1981, Kawasaki became the first Asian company to manufacture a LNG carrier, and now as the world’s first company to complete a liquefied hydrogen carrier it will further its efforts toward achieving a Hydrogen Society,” Kawasaki said.

川崎公司說：“川崎于1981年成為亞洲首家生產液化天然氣運輸船的公司，現在是世界上首家完成液化氫氣運輸船的公司，川崎公司將進一步努力打造并實現氫能社會“。