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The award recognizes projects that demonstrate exceptional commitment to hydrogen safety and best practices across the industry. The Hydrogen ProtoHub was honored for its rigorous approach to hazard analysis, code compliance, and disciplined operations throughout the design, construction, and ongoing operation of the facility.

Located at the University of Texas at Austin’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus, the ProtoHub operates as a fully integrated hydrogen system with on-site generation, storage, distribution, and multiple end-use applications. The facility serves as a real-world proving ground where advanced hydrogen technologies can be tested, validated, and demonstrated safely.

PDC is proud to have provided two SimpleFuel units for this important project, helping support hydrogen mobility demonstrations and advancing safe, practical hydrogen infrastructure in the United States.

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In the piece, PDC’s Global Industrial Segment Manager, Michael Kanner, shares insights into:

• The critical role diaphragm compressors play in maintaining ultra-high gas purity for specialty and electronic gases
• How PDC designs compression solutions to safely handle challenging gases that are corrosive, toxic, flammable, or highly reactive
• Growing demand from semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, including applications involving silane, HCl, NF₃, and specialty gas blends
• The use of rare gases such as xenon and krypton in satellite propulsion systems, where purity levels of 99.999%+ are essential
• PDC’s global experience and installed base supporting specialty gas, industrial gas, and emerging space and hydrogen applications

Read the full Gasworld article to learn more about PDC’s expertise in specialty gas compression and high-purity applications.

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  Fortunately a transformation is underway, led by trailblazing hydrogen innovations that are reshaping mining operations for a sustainable future.   One of the most promising paths toward decarbonization is hydrogen energy, which is rapidly gaining traction in mining. Hydrogen provides a versatile, scalable clean energy option for emission-intensive processes like electricity generation, long-duration storage, and perhaps most notably, heavy-duty vehicle fueling. Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) have a clear advantage over traditional battery-powered systems in the remote environments where mines operate; offering faster fueling times and longer range. Even so, for hydrogen to be viable, it must be safely compressed, stored, and delivered at very high pressures.   Click here to read full article

Tom Phillips, Production Engineering Manager at diaphragm compression system maker PDC Machines, told H2 View that early stations were designed with high utilisation in mind, but lower than expected usage and system complexity led to various challenges.

“I think we, as an industry, tried to go very quickly into automobiles,” he said. “But I think the equipment manufacturers were not really suited for that.”

He explained that many of the components and sub-systems that make up refuelling stations are often repurposed from other industries. And while they can work for hydrogen refuelling, poor system integration and the sporadic nature of car refuelling led to stations going offline.

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In the piece, PDC’s Senior Director of Global Sales, Darren Prosser, shares insights into:

• The advantage of diaphragm compression for high-purity, high-pressure gas applications
• The growing momentum in hydrogen mobility and clean energy
• Opportunities in semiconductors, rare gases, and space tech
• Our global reach, with active projects in Europe, Asia, and the Americas

PDC’s diaphragm compressors are not only helping industrial gas suppliers achieve leak-tight, contamination-free compression, they’re also enabling the hydrogen energy transition around the world!

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