We are proposing to minimise hydrogen delivery cost through utilisation of glass fibre tube trailers at 200 K and 70 MPa to produce a synergistic combination of container characteristics with properties of hydrogen gas: (1) hydrogen cooled to 200 K is about 35 % more compact for a small increase in theoretical storage energy (exergy); and (2) these cold temperatures (200 K) strengthen glass fibres by as much as 50 %, expanding trailer capacity without the use of much more costly carbon fibre composite vessels. Analyses based on US Department of Energy H2A (hydrogen analysis) cost and efficiency parameters and economic methodology indicate the potential for hydrogen delivery costs below US Dollar 1/kg H2. Dispensing cold hydrogen may also allow rapid refuelling without overtemperatures and overpressures which are typically as high as 25 %, simplifying automotive vessel design and improving safety while potentially reducing vessel weight and cost. Based on these results, we suggest hydrogen delivery by truck with trailers carrying hydrogen gas at pressures as high as 70 MPa, cooled to approximately 200 K in glass fibre vessels.


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    Title :

    Delivery of cold hydrogen in glass fiber composite pressure vessels



    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 7 Bilder, 15 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English