Hydrogen fueling station

Note Energy content of 1 kg hydrogen approximately equals the energy content of 1 gal. of gasoline. a Liquid hydrogen via tanker. b Liquid hydrogen fueling station. 

Concept for an information repository for permitting hydrogen fueling stations. 

LaChance, J., Risk-Informed Separation Distances for an Example Hydrogen Fueling Station, Presentation at IEA Task 19 Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan, January 31-February 2,2007. 

Now, we see much more investment in fuel cell technology, hydrogen fueled vehicles and even hydrogen fuel stations. The technology is being pushed by economics as oil prices continue to rise with dwindling supplies. 

Plug Power, a Latham, NY, based manufacturer of stationary hydrogen fuel cell generator units for backup power has developed a hydrogen fueling station with the help of Honda. This station uses a small steam reformer that extracts hydrogen fuel from natural gas using steam. The steam reformer has been reduced to half the size of the previous version. 

In 2004 a retail hydrogen fueling station opened in Washington D.C. in a partnership between Shell and GM to develop hydrogen-fueled vehicles on a commercial scale. The station will service GM fuel cell vehicles. Both compressed and liquid hydrogen refueling are available. 

The road to hydrogen vehicles and a hydrogen fueling delivery system may take many paths. Today, it may seem unlikely that market forces alone will result in the installation of thousands of hydrogen fueling stations across the country. But, this is exactly what happened with our pres-... 

Fuel cells require a steady supply of hydrogen. Therein lies the biggest problem in promoting the widespread use of fuel cells how to create, transport and store the hydrogen. At present, no one has been able to put a viable plan in place that would create a network of hydrogen fueling stations substantial enough to meet the needs of everyday motorists in the U.S. or anywhere else. 

As of this writing, there are some 160 hydrogen fuel stations worldwide, for a list of hydrogen fueling stations, see http //www.fu elcells.org/info/charts/ h2fuelingstations.pdf or http //www.naftc.wvu.edu/naftc/data/refueling/ h2fuelingstations.pdf. 

In Burlington, Vermont, at the Department of Public Works hydrogen fuel station, wind turbines and an H-series PEM electrolyzer from Proton Energy Systems are used to produce 12 kg/d of H2. Air Products and Chemicals participated in the design of this wind-to-hydrogen installation. 

Tebo, M., Honda Opens First Los Angeles-Area Hydrogen Fuel Station , PRNNewswire, American Honda Motor Co. Press Release, July 10, 2001. 

Hydrogen Fueling Station Costs Delivery to 9 Stations... 

Various automobile companies have researched and created prototypes of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Although a few companies dropped their plans to build such cars in 2009, other corporations announced their intentions to continue such efforts. At that time, most of the hydrogen-powered cars in use in the United States were in California. And more than 60 hydrogen fueling stations were in operation in the country. 

Even with rapid growth in hydrogen FCVs, they would not compete economically with gasoline and diesel fuels or with ICEs for a long time, and not even then unless new manufacturing systems are devised and fuel distribution systems are restructured. Each 2003 FCV cost upward of 1 million to hand build. The infrastructure to refuel these vehicles consists of only a couple dozen costly compressed or liquefied hydrogen fueling stations. 

With little prospect for short term profit, how can companies justify building hydrogen fueling stations and manufacturing FCVs How can they justify sinking millions and even billions of dollars per year into something... 

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