Liquid-hydrogen automotive onboard storage and servicing system project: a progress report

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6709558

Stewart, W F; Escher, W J.D.

Under Department of Energy sponsorship, the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is presently road testing a US intermediate sized automobile adapted to liquid-hydrogen fuel. The overall project objective is to document a general experience base as a point of departure for future development. A semiautomatic fueling station developed by the Deutsche Forschungs-und Versuchsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DFVLR) of the Federal Republic of Germany is being used to service (refuel) the experimental vehicle. The DFVLR also provided the 150-l (39.6-gal.) cryogenic liquid-hydrogen storage tank mounted in the trunk compartment and the dashboard fuel gauging system. The V-6 turbocharged engine was converted to hydrogen operation by the Billings Energy Corporation. Both the container and the engine modifications represented state-of-the-art technology when the program began.

• Research Organization: Escher Technology Associates, St. Johns, MI (USA); Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6709558
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-80-3491; CONF-810206-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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