Design tool for estimating chemical hydrogen storage system characteristics for light-duty fuel cell vehicles

Brooks, Kriston P.; Sprik, Samuel J.; Tamburello, David A.; Thornton, Matthew J.

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.090

Title: Design tool for estimating chemical hydrogen storage system characteristics for light-duty fuel cell vehicles

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) developed a vehicle Framework model to simulate fuel cell-based light-duty vehicle operation for various hydrogen storage systems. This transient model simulates the performance of the storage system, fuel cell, and vehicle for comparison to Technical Targets established by DOE for four drive cycles/profiles. Chemical hydrogen storage models have been developed for the Framework for both exothermic and endothermic materials. Despite the utility of such models, they require that material researchers input system design specifications that cannot be estimated easily. To address this challenge, a design tool has been developed that allows researchers to directly enter kinetic and thermodynamic chemical hydrogen storage material properties into a simple sizing module that then estimates system parameters required to run the storage system model. Additionally, the design tool can be used as a standalone executable file to estimate the storage system mass and volume outside of the Framework model. Here, these models will be explained and exercised with the representative hydrogen storage materials exothermic ammonia borane (NH₃BH₃) and endothermic alane (AlH₃).

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Brooks, Kriston P. ^[1]; Sprik, Samuel J. ^[2]; Tamburello, David A. ^[3]; Thornton, Matthew J. ^[2]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Savannah River National Lab., Aiken, SC (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-04-07

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Program (EE-3F); USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1437101

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1548474

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5400-71163
Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; AC05-76RLO1830; AC09-08SR22470

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 43; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; fuel cell vehicle; chemical hydrogen storage; ammonia borane; alane; system model

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                    Brooks, Kriston P., Sprik, Samuel J., Tamburello, David A., and Thornton, Matthew J. Design tool for estimating chemical hydrogen storage system characteristics for light-duty fuel cell vehicles.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Brooks, Kriston P., Sprik, Samuel J., Tamburello, David A., & Thornton, Matthew J. Design tool for estimating chemical hydrogen storage system characteristics for light-duty fuel cell vehicles.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.090

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                    Brooks, Kriston P., Sprik, Samuel J., Tamburello, David A., and Thornton, Matthew J. Sat .  
"Design tool for estimating chemical hydrogen storage system characteristics for light-duty fuel cell vehicles".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.090.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1437101.

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@article{osti_1437101,

  title        = {Design tool for estimating chemical hydrogen storage system characteristics for light-duty fuel cell vehicles},

  author       = {Brooks, Kriston P. and Sprik, Samuel J. and Tamburello, David A. and Thornton, Matthew J.},

  abstractNote = {The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) developed a vehicle Framework model to simulate fuel cell-based light-duty vehicle operation for various hydrogen storage systems. This transient model simulates the performance of the storage system, fuel cell, and vehicle for comparison to Technical Targets established by DOE for four drive cycles/profiles. Chemical hydrogen storage models have been developed for the Framework for both exothermic and endothermic materials. Despite the utility of such models, they require that material researchers input system design specifications that cannot be estimated easily. To address this challenge, a design tool has been developed that allows researchers to directly enter kinetic and thermodynamic chemical hydrogen storage material properties into a simple sizing module that then estimates system parameters required to run the storage system model. Additionally, the design tool can be used as a standalone executable file to estimate the storage system mass and volume outside of the Framework model. Here, these models will be explained and exercised with the representative hydrogen storage materials exothermic ammonia borane (NH3BH3) and endothermic alane (AlH3).},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.090},

  journal      = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},

  number       = 18,

  volume       = 43,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {4}

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