Challenges in the designing, planning and deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles

Greene, David L.; Ogden, Joan M.; Lin, Zhenhong

doi:10.1016/j.etran.2020.100086

Challenges in the designing, planning and deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles

Journal Article · Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · eTransportation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etran.2020.100086· OSTI ID:1820719

Greene, David L. ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Knoxville, TN (United States)

Hydrogen can power transportation with near zero greenhouse gas emissions. With government support, early market development is now underway in several nations thanks to technological advances in fuel cell vehicles and electricity generation from renewable energy. Deploying a sustainable hydrogen refueling infrastructure faces methodological and practical challenges ranging from the creation of appropriate codes to managing the co-evolution of the refueling network and growth of the stock of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Furthermore, this paper presents a comprehensive review of the challenges facing the designing, planning and deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure progress to date and outlook for the future. The design and costs of refueling infrastructure as well as the lifecycle environmental effects of hydrogen vehicles depend on how hydrogen is produced and delivered to refueling stations. In recent years, important advances have been made in methods for planning the numbers, sizes and location of hydrogen stations. Institutional barriers are also gradually being overcome. Co-evolving the deployment of stations and the demand for fuel cell vehicles remains a crucial subject for future research.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1820719

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1809857

Journal Information:: eTransportation, Journal Name: eTransportation Journal Issue: - Vol. 6; ISSN 2590-1168

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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