ESI Technologies Group is a leading provider of process and flow control equipment. ESI supply Hydrogen Valves, Instrumentation, Regulators and Control Systems to the leading Hydrogen and Fuel Cell projects in the UK and Ireland. We are currently working on a number of high profile projects in the Hydrogen Production, Transportation and Fuelling sectors. This includes working with End Users, OEM’s and Contractors to support these projects in the supply of Hydrogen process and flow control equipment. ESI are looking to expand on the successful projects we have completed to date so we can continue to develop long term partnerships with our customers and manufacturers to support the Hydrogen industry.
ESI are the exclusive supplier of Habonim hydrogen process ball valves in the UK and Ireland. The Habonim Hydrogen ball valve series is a fully certified range of ASME B16.34 designed ball valves for Hydrogen Production, Transportation and Fuelling catering for High Pressure Hydrogen applications at 500bar, 550bar, 700bar and 1035bar working pressures at -40℃ to +85℃. In addition, Habonim’s Industrial valve range completes the Hydrogen valve series for all Hydrogen pressure classes from Class 150 to 2500.
The hydrogen ball valve range of the H24, H25, H29, H99 and Double Block and Bleed series provide both manual valve and pneumatically actuated valve options, including TPE / Rho marking. In addition, Habonim’s compact pneumatic actuator is certified for ATEX IIC and SIL 2. ESI also offer customised solutions for instrumentation, regulators and control valves for Hydrogen applications.
Lee is currently CEO of Fuel Cell Systems Ltd (FCSL). Industry insiders often talk about Hydrogen’s Chicken and Egg problem: Vehicle manufacturers cannot sell hydrogen vehicles without a refuelling infrastructure; Infrastructure & fuel network providers cannot recoup their investment if there are not enough vehicles using hydrogen. The result is Gridlock! Our approach has been to redefine the Chicken and Egg problem as simply “Refuelling Infrastructure is too expensive”. Now that’s an engineering problem we can fix!
Prior to FCSL, Lee spent eight years at UK Fuel Cell manufacturer Intelligent Energy, completing his time there as Chief Sales Officer. Leading the global commercial team and launching Intelligent Energy’s low carbon hydrogen products in to three market sectors: automotive, power generation and aviation. Lee’s involvement with the hydrogen industry started back in 1995 when among other projects he supported the field trials of SOFC CHP.
