Integrated technical and economic assessments of transport and storage of hydrogen
Abstract
Transportation will be a major market for hydrogen because of its great size and the value of energy at the wheels of a vehicle in comparison to its heating value. Hydrogen also offers important potential efficiency gains over hydrocarbon fuels. However, hydrogen end-use technologies will not develop without a reliable hydrogen supply infrastructure. By the same token, reliable infrastructures will not develop without end-use demand. Our task is to analyze the costs of various infrastructure options for providing hydrogen, as the number of vehicles serviced increased from very small numbers initially, to moderate numbers in the mid-term and to determine if a smooth transition may be possible. We will determine viable market sizes for transport and storage options by examining the technologies and the capital and operating costs of these systems, as well as related issues such as safety, construction time, etc. The product of our work will be data based scenarios of the likely transitions to hydrogen fuel, beginning with small and progressing to larger numbers of vehicles. We are working closely with the suppliers of relevant technologies to (1) determine realistic component costs, and (2) to assure availability of our analyses to business. Preliminary analyses indicate that themore »
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10158080
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-117109; CONF-9404162-6
ON: DE94013145
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1994 chemical analysis by laser interrogation of proliferation effluents (CALIOPE ITR) interim technical review,Livermore, CA (United States),26-28 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; TRANSPORT; STORAGE; MARKET; SAFETY; ECONOMICS; 080204; 330800; TRANSPORT AND HANDLING; ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Citation Formats
Berry, G D, Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, and Smith, J R. Integrated technical and economic assessments of transport and storage of hydrogen. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Berry, G D, Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, & Smith, J R. Integrated technical and economic assessments of transport and storage of hydrogen. United States.
Berry, G D, Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, and Smith, J R. 1994.
"Integrated technical and economic assessments of transport and storage of hydrogen". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10158080.
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author = {Berry, G D and Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL and Smith, J R},
abstractNote = {Transportation will be a major market for hydrogen because of its great size and the value of energy at the wheels of a vehicle in comparison to its heating value. Hydrogen also offers important potential efficiency gains over hydrocarbon fuels. However, hydrogen end-use technologies will not develop without a reliable hydrogen supply infrastructure. By the same token, reliable infrastructures will not develop without end-use demand. Our task is to analyze the costs of various infrastructure options for providing hydrogen, as the number of vehicles serviced increased from very small numbers initially, to moderate numbers in the mid-term and to determine if a smooth transition may be possible. We will determine viable market sizes for transport and storage options by examining the technologies and the capital and operating costs of these systems, as well as related issues such as safety, construction time, etc. The product of our work will be data based scenarios of the likely transitions to hydrogen fuel, beginning with small and progressing to larger numbers of vehicles. We are working closely with the suppliers of relevant technologies to (1) determine realistic component costs, and (2) to assure availability of our analyses to business. Preliminary analyses indicate that the cost of transport and storage is as important as production cost in determining the cost of hydrogen fuel to the consumer, and that home electrolysis and centrally processed liquid hydrogen may provide hydrogen in the initial stages.},
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