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Turbomachinery manufacturer Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE) will supply liquid hydrogen booster pumps and cryogenic gas blowers for Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ (KHI) hydrogen supply chain demonstration project in Japan.
The equipment will be deployed at the Kawasaki LH2 Terminal in Kawasaki City, which has been since November 2025.
Once complete, the site will be equipped with a 50,000m3 liquid hydrogen storage tank, which the pair claim will be the “world’s largest”, along with maritime cargo handling, liquefaction, and lorry dispatch facilities.
EEE’s liquid hydrogen booster pump will ensure the supply of liquid hydrogen to downstream processes by increasing pressure from storage tanks to the required levels.
The cryogenic hydrogen return gas blowers – or compressors – will recover and circulate low-pressure hydrogen generated within the facility to maintain pressure balance in the gas system between onshore facilities and the liquefied hydrogen carrier.
Teruaki Tsukamoto, Senior Director of the Hydrogen Business at EEE, said that a reliable hydrogen supply chain needs equipment that can operate under “extreme conditions”.
EEE and its parent company, Ebara Corporation, are also constructing a development center in Futtsu City, Japan, to support the testing and validation of liquid hydrogen pump technologies for projects such as the Kawasaki LH2 terminal.
KHI is developing the liquid hydrogen terminal with Japan Suiso Energy (JSE) to support imports.
JSE, which is owned by KHI, Iwatani Corporation, and other Japanese investors, will manage the project, while a KHI joint venture will be the main design and construction contractor.
In addition to the terminal, the duo plan to construct a new 40,000m³ liquid hydrogen carrier – a scale-up more than 30 times larger than the 1,250m³ Suiso Frontier, which piloted the first export of hydrogen from Australia to Japan in 2022.
