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11. The Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Vehicles
11. The Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Pages 66-69
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Most technologists involved in the development of fuel cell vehicles realize that hydrogen fuel offers lower vehicle costs due to the simpler designs and fewer pieces of equipment onboard the automobiles as opposed to reforming gasoline to make hydrogen on the vehicles. While vehicle fuel storage designs are not optimal, existing systems for compressed (high-pressure)
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That is, the hydrogen molecule is made and immediately reacted to refine oil or to produce ammonia, methanol, and other chemicals. Another 5 percent of the 40 million tons of hydrogen is produced by the merchant hydrogen market including large industrial gas companies such as Air Liquide, Air Products, BOC, and Praxair for sale to third parties.
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This will in turn require smallcapacity hydrogen plants, and the sporadic demand will result in inefficient capital utilization and high costs. A new project starting in September 2002 in Las Vegas will test the viability of baseloading the hydrogen plant with a fuel cell power plant and using incremental hydrogen capacity for fueling operations.
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Some are already being met by adapting existing capabilities for the demonstration programs that have been implemented. There is a logical and stepwise pathway to grow the hydrogen infrastructure by adapting industrial hydrogen production experience to hydrogen fueling demonstrations.
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