Uwe Zwiefelhofer

Uwe Zwiefelhofer’s 30+ years of experience spans across the regions Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe, various management positions, technologies and project execution with focus on syngas based processes. He started his professional career in the field of process engineering in 1992 with Lurgi AG (later Air Liquide).

From 2004 until 2010 he was based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Managing Director of Lurgi Malaysia and Head of Sales Asia.

Between 2010 and 2013 he served as Head of Business Development for the petrochemical division of Ferrostaal in Germany.

Since 2022, he holds his current position based in Abu Dhabi. From 2019 to 2021, he was based in Singapore where held the position of Vice President Business Development and Sales of Linde Engineering in APAC. Prior to moving to Singapore he was based in Middle East as General Manager of a Linde AG branch office since 2016 and held various business development positions within Linde both for its Engineering and Gases business in Germany after he had joined Linde in 2013.

Uwe Zwiefelhofer holds a diploma in Chemical Engineering from University Erlangen, Germany.

Session Overview

Wednesday, 6 November

15:30

Hydrogen Innovation Sessions Decarbonisation Theatre 15:30 - 15:50

Building the hydrogen supply chain with ammonia cracking

Ammonia cracking is a high-potential solution for transporting hydrogen, offering a practical method to convert ammonia back into hydrogen at its destination. An advantage of ammonia cracking lies in its ability to leverage existing infrastructure for ammonia transportation, reducing the need for new hydrogen-specific transport systems. This makes ammonia an attractive hydrogen carrier, especially for large-scale industrial applications and long-distance shipping, opening a path to efficient and cost-effective hydrogen distribution.

Attendee insights:

Explore how ammonia cracking can efficiently and cost-effectively build the hydrogen supply chain by converting transported ammonia back into high-purity hydrogen using existing infrastructure.