Osaka Gas (President: Takehiro Honjo) attained the delivery of 21 units of its compact hydrogen generator “HYSERVE”. The product was developed under the WE-NET project for the purpose of application to H2 stations, and launched into the market with a capacity of 30m3/h in 2005 and 100m3/h in 2006. For commercial H2 stations, the generator with a capacity of 300 m3/h was put on the market toward the end of 2014 completing the lineup of products. The 21 units of generators so far delivered include 4 for H2 stations, 15 for general industrial use and 2 for other uses. Those for H2 stations were delivered to the 2005 World Exposition Aichi and the Kita Osaka H2 Station. As for the general industrial use, they were delivered to various fields including stainless steel, electronics and light sources.

Regarding the roles of the group companies, Osaka Gas is in charge of the management of stations and PR activities relating to the H2 energy and Osaka Gas Liquid deals with the on-site business of industrial H2, while Osaka Gas Engineering plays the role of production and the sales of equipment. 　

Although the H2 station is naturally a prospective market for the product, the company now proposes “Mother & Daughter System” which is a combination of the stationary on-site equipment and the mobile station. During the initial period of diffusion with a small number of FCV, the system serves to enhance the operation rate of on-site equipment, which also plays a role of H2 supplier as Mother to the mobile Daughter for stations. At present two H2 stations run by Osaka Gas are operating this system.

The Process Technology Team of Osaka Gas’ Engineering Department commented about the corporate policy saying, “HYSERVE is characteristic in its function to maintain temperature using less fuel, which enables easier adaptability to H2 stations with very frequent stop and start times. We have worked out the Mother and Doctor system for the efficient management of stations. We are going to verify with our own stations and connect the result with future orders for on-site equipment.”