Hydrogen Storage in Wind Turbine Towers: Cost Analysis and Conceptual Design; Preprint

Conference · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:15004723

Kottenstette, R; Cotrell, J

Low-cost hydrogen storage is recognized as a cornerstone of a renewables-hydrogen economy. Modern utility-scale wind turbine towers are typically conical steel structures that, in addition to supporting the rotor, could be used to store hydrogen. The most cost-effective hydrogen tower design would use substantially all of its volume for hydrogen storage and be designed at its crossover pressure. An 84-m tall hydrogen tower for a 1.5-MW turbine would cost an additional $84,000 (beyond the cost of the conventional tower) and would store 950 kg of hydrogen. The resulting incremental storage cost of $88/kg is approximately 30% of that for conventional pressure vessels.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO. (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15004723
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-500-34851; TRN: US200320%%484
• Resource Relation: Conference: Prepared for the 15th Annual U.S. Hydrogen Conference of the National Hydrogen Association, Los Angeles, CA (US), 04/27/2004--04/30/2004; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
17 WIND ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
DESIGN
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN STORAGE
PRESSURE VESSELS
STEELS
STORAGE
TURBINES
WIND TURBINES
WIND ENERGY
WIND TURBINE
WIND TURBINE TOWER