Advanced Hydrogen Fueling Station Supply Award Number: DE-EE0006524 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Date: 07/14/2014 Location(s): PA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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Advanced Hydrogen Fueling Station Supply
Award Number: DE-EE0006524
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Date: 07/14/2014
Location(s): PA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. to design, procure, and construct a DOT-approved composite tube trailer with ≥8,500 pounds per square inch delivery pressure, to deploy this trailer for hydrogen fueling station supply, and to collect and submit performance data to the National Fuel Cell Technology Evaluation Center (NFCTEC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
A preliminary study would be performed by both Air Products and Worthington Cylinders/Structural Composites Industries (SCI) to confirm the acceptability of the higher pressure units as a viable storage solution. After completion of the study and confirmation of the units, the design for a new ≥8,500 pounds per square inch vessel would be completed by SCI. Test vessels would be prepared, and the necessary testing would be performed on the units for DOT certification. An application would be submitted to the DOT for receipt of a special permit. Upon receipt of the special permit, Air Products would design the complete trailer unit for delivery of hydrogen to refueling stations. Once fabrication of the trailer unit is completed, Air Products would test the unit and the delivery trailer would be deployed to hydrogen stations for ongoing performance data collection.