Nk’uko MiningWeekly ibivuga, Anglo American, ikigo cy’ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro n’ubucuruzi butandukanye, kirimo gukorana na Umicore mu guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga binyuze muri sosiyete ya Anglo American Platinum (Anglo American Platinum), cyizeye guhindura uburyo hydrogen ibikwa, n’imodoka zitwara lisansi (FCEV) zitanga ingufu.
Ku wa mbere, itsinda rya Anglo American Group ryavuze ko hifashishijwe iri koranabuhanga, nta mpamvu yo kubaka ibikorwa remezo bya hydrogen n'imiyoboro y'inyongera ya lisansi, kandi ko ibikoresho byo kohereza, kubika no gutera hydrogen ari bimwe mu nzitizi zikomeye ku guteza imbere ingufu za hydrogen nziza.
Iyi gahunda y’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere igamije gukomeza guteza imbere inzira yo guhuza hydrogen n’amazi hakoreshejwe imiti (icyo bita liquid organic hydrogen carrier cyangwa LOHC, Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier), no gukoresha neza imodoka zikoresha lisansi (FCEV) n’izindi modoka bishingiye ku ikoranabuhanga rya Catalyst ku byuma bya platine.
Gukoresha LOHC bituma hydrogen itunganywa kandi igatwarwa binyuze mu miyoboro isanzwe yo gutwara ibintu nk'ibigega bya peteroli n'imiyoboro, nka peteroli cyangwa lisansi, hatabayeho ibikoresho bigoye byo gukanda gazi. Ibi birinda ibikorwa remezo bishya by'ingufu za hydrogen kandi byihutisha guteza imbere hydrogen nk'amavuta meza. Binyuze mu ikoranabuhanga rishya ryakozwe na Anglo American na Umicore, birashoboka gutwara hydrogen muri LOHC ku modoka zikoresha amashanyarazi ku bushyuhe n'umuvuduko biri hasi (byitwa intambwe yo gukuraho hydrogen), byoroshye kandi bihendutse kuruta uburyo bwa hydrogen bukonjeshejwe.
Benny Oeyen, Umuyobozi w’Ishami rishinzwe Iterambere ry’Isoko ry’Ibyuma bya Platinum Group rya Anglo American, yatangije uburyo ikoranabuhanga rya LOHC ritanga uburyo bwiza bwo gutwara lisansi ya hydrogen, idahumanya ikirere kandi buhendutse. Iyi sosiyete yizera ko platinum group metals ifite imiterere yihariye yo gukurura. Ifasha koroshya imikorere no koroshya abakoresha. Byongeye kandi, kongeramo lisansi byihuta nka lisansi cyangwa mazutu, kandi bifite urwego rumwe rwo kugenda mu mazi, mu gihe bigabanya ikiguzi cy’uruhererekane rw’agaciro.
Binyuze mu ikoranabuhanga rigezweho rya LOHC ryo gukuraho amazi mu kirere no gukoresha LOHC itwara hydrogen mu gutanga ingufu kuri telefoni zigendanwa, bishobora gukemura ibibazo by’ibikorwaremezo bya hydrogen n’ibijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga, no kwihutisha kwamamaza FCEV. Lothar Moosman, Visi Perezida Mukuru, Ishami Rishya ry’Ubucuruzi rya Umicore (Lothar Mussmann) yavuze ko ikigo cya Mooseman ari cyo gitanga ibikoresho bya FCEV by’ubushyuhe bwa proton.
Itsinda rya Anglo American Group ryahoze ari rimwe mu matsinda ya mbere ashyigikira ubukungu bwa hydrogen kandi risobanukiwe aho hydrogen ihagaze mu ngufu zitangiza ibidukikije no mu gutwara abantu n’ibintu bisukuye. “Ibyuma bya platine bishobora gutanga ibintu by’ingenzi cyane mu gukora hydrogen itangiza ibidukikije no gutwara abantu hakoreshejwe hydrogen hamwe n’ibindi bifitanye isano. Turimo gushakisha ikoranabuhanga muri uru rwego kugira ngo dushyireho ibidukikije by’ishoramari mu gihe kirekire bikoresha neza ubushobozi bwa hydrogen”, nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuyobozi mukuru wa Anglo Platinum Tasha Viljoen (Natascha Viljoen).
Ku nkunga y'itsinda rya Anglo American Platinum Group Metals Development Market Team ndetse n'ubufasha bwa Peter Wasserscheid, umwarimu muri Kaminuza ya Erlangen akaba n'umwe mu bashinze Hydrogenious LOHC Technology, Umicore izakora ubu bushakashatsi. Hydrogenious ni ikigo gikomeye mu nganda za LOHC kandi ni ikigo cy'imari n'imigabane cya AP Venture, ikigo cyigenga cy'imari n'ishoramari cyashowemo imari na Anglo American Group. Ibyerekezo by'ingenzi by'ishoramari ni ugukora, kubika no gutwara hydrogen.
Inshingano z'itsinda rishinzwe iterambere ry'isoko ry'ibyuma bya platine rya Anglo American Group ni uguteza imbere no gushishikariza ikoreshwa rishya ry'ibyuma bya platine. Ibi birimo ibisubizo by'ingufu zisukuye kandi zirambye, uturemangingo tw'ibikomoka kuri peteroli ku modoka zikoresha amashanyarazi, gukora no gutwara hydrogen idafite ibidukikije, ibintu bigabanya igihe cyo gukoresha vinyl bikongera igihe cyo kumara ibiryo kandi bikagabanya imyanda, no guteza imbere uburyo bwo kuvura kanseri.