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Title:

Hydrogen Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles: Technical Status, International Developments, and the Looming Hydrogen Fuel Supply Gap

Accession Number:

01506343

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Several major automakers are preparing to produce and sell hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in the 2015-2017 timeframe. These sales are projected for international markets, led by the United States, Europe, Japan, and other parts of Asia, and are arranged around various “joint development” consortia. Unlike other types of hybrid and full electric vehicles that rely upon widely available gasoline and electricity infrastructure to refuel, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles require a novel hydrogen fuel-dispensing infrastructure. Much progress has been made in developing codes and standards for retail hydrogen fuel dispensing, along with technical progress in hydrogen storage, compression, and dispensing systems. Even so, however, early experience has shown that hydrogen stations are challenging to site, permit, and construct, and require considerable maintenance, raising unique challenges for the introduction of this new fuel type. Creating a sufficient initial network of stations – necessary to enable fuel cell vehicle purchases – will likely require some level of governmental support to be provided in collaboration with industry investments. This paper reviews recent technical progress in high-pressure, high-purity hydrogen gas dispensing for vehicle applications as well as international developments for expansion in the use of hydrogen fuel. Key conclusions are that significant progress has been made in recent years, with both vehicle and infrastructure technologies and regulations, but infrastructure development is starting to lag well behind expected market needs.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADC70 Transportation Energy.

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-5620

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Lipman, Timothy
Witt, Maggie

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Asia; Europe; Japan; United States

Subject Areas:

Energy; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I90: Vehicles; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-5620

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:58PM