In response to increasing customer demand, Air Products (AP) recently has launched a Hydrogen Services Business as part of the company’s Customer Plant Support organization. The new Hydrogen Services Business formalizes something AP has been doing for decades—employing the company’s operational excellence to help customers improve the reliability and productivity of their own hydrogen plants.

“AP has been reactively providing service on customer-owned hydrogen plants for more than 30 years. Whether our customers need know-how, elbow grease or both, engaging Hydrogen Services Business allows them to focus on their area of expertise while we focus on ours—operational excellence in hydrogen production,” said Kevin Michaelis, vice president, Products and Technology–Industrial Gases, at AP.

The new Hydrogen Services Business is already helping customers with inquiries such as producing more or less hydrogen from steam methane reformers, planning SMR turnarounds, solving mechanical integrity issues, feedstock changes, pressure swing adsorber revamps, and improving energy efficiency.