Alternative Energ Hydrogen Market Rep
April 2010
Vol. 48, No. 4
Reporting on the business and technologies driving today’s global industrial gas industry
FEATURE ARTICLES
Topping the News ___________________________________________ 3
Help for Haiti — Industrial Gas Companies Mobilize Medical Oxygen,
Equipment, and Support Staff to Aid Earthquake Devastated Area
What’s the Alternative?
The Hydrogen Report
Markets Move with the Global Economy _________________________ 30
By Maura D. Garvey
A Material Handling Work Horse Leads the Way to a H2 Economy ____ 36
By Ed Kiczek, Air Products
CNG and LNG Move to the Head of the Fuel Efficiency Class _______ 38
By Claus Emmer, Chart Inc.
NHA Hydrogen Conference and Expo Preview____________________ 40
Hydrogen Fuel Cells: A Winning Technology______________________ 42
By Patrick Serfass, The National Hydrogen Association
Making It Safe: SRI Research Hastens the Arrival of the H2 Economy __ 44
By Barbara Heydorn, SRI International
New Long Life Replacement Catalyst for Steam Reforming Hydrogen__ 46
A Special Report from Catacel Corporation
PITTCON Exhibits New Products and Technologies in Orlando _______ 50
By Alice Austin
Wall Street Views___________________________________________ 52
By Fred H. Siemer
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial __________________ 1
The News _________________ 3
Green News ______________ 16
Product Technology Forum ___ 54
Art of Selling ______________ 55
Calendar of Events _________ 55
Advertisers’ Index __________ 56