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driving today's global industrial gas industry

This is the second in our series of articles on The History of Gases. In this series Ebbe Almqvist, author of History of Industrial Gases, provides his keen insights on the origins, applications, uses, and processes of Hydrogen.

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In support of the "Hydrogen Market Update" (February 2006), CryoGas International invited a group of companies, that provide the technology involved in making and supplying hydrogen, to explain their involvement in this business. The promise of hydrogen becoming a more widely used source of energy is dependent on the applications and technologies developed by companies like these. CryoGas International is very appreciative for the information the following companies have provided. To make a case for a hydrogen future we must understand the hydrogen of today -- and the companies featured in this report contribute to our understanding of what it takes to travel along the Hydrogen Highway. 

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The hydrogen business is complicated, big, and fast growing. The production and distribution of hydrogen requires a complex system of crude hydrogen sourcing, involves a variety of processes to refine the crude to merchantable pure hydrogen, and has its own unique liquid and gas distribution supply chain. A wide variety of customers together with the mixture of gas and liquid supply of hydrogen via very different modes makes the business of hydrogen one of the most interesting and challenging in the industrial gas society. In this article, Garvey looks at the history of the hydrogen business, the current market, supply chain, production technology, and important players in the hydrogen market.

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In October, CryoGas International brought you coverage of Hurricane Katrina, with front-line reports from many in our industry, on the storm's immediate effects. Four months have passed since then and media attention is now focused elsewhere. But the hard work of revocering from this very powerful and destructive storm goes on, continuing to affect those within our industry. We asked Air Products -- a company that has been involved in all levels of the relief effort in Louisiana -- to give us an update on the situation in New Orleans. Here is there story.

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