Development of a Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure in the Northeastern United States

2012-2013 Hydrogen Student Design Contest sponsored by the Department of Energy

Kyushu University

Flights to/from Asian major cities

Destination Flight time

Tokyo 1 hr 30 min

Shanghai 1 hr 30 min

Taipei 2 hrs 00 min

Beijing 2 hrs 20 min

Hong Kong 4 hrs 40 min

Singapore 5 hrs 45 min

Washington, D.C. 13 hrs

Kyushu University

Established in 1911

One of the 7 former Imperial colleges

3rd oldest Engineering Faculty

after Univ. Tokyo and Univ. Kyoto

Fukuoka’s Location

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FCV and Filling station

High investment cost Need more infrastructures

Come out

Today’s Infrastructure in California

Present status around FCV

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Contest theme

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2,250,000

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500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

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of

sale

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The number of FCVs

expected by our team

The number of FCVs

provided by HEF

Design Approach

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Number of FCV forecast

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Portable station

Merged with

Gas station

Combination of

off-site

&

on-site

Modular design

Station design

Hydrogen station

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Merged with existing gas station

Compressor

(40,80MPa)

Accumulator

(40,80MPa)

Storage Gas

dispenser Hydrogen

dispenser

On-site station(1000kgH2/day)

Reduce land cost

Much fueling demand

Convenient for drivers

Merge with

Gas station Pre-cooler

Off-site station(400kgH2/day) $5.0M/site $2.7M/site

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Compressor

(40,80MPa)

Accumulator

(40,80MPa)

Storage Gas

dispenser

Combination of off-site & on-site station

Hydrogen

dispenser

Hydrogen

production by

steam reforming

On-site station(1000kgH2/day)

Pre-cooler

Off-site station(400kgH2/day) $5.0M/site $2.7M/site

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Gas station New place

Off-site station ( kgH2/day) 800

Portable station(40kgH2/day) Modular design (off-site station)

Station design

Portable station (40kgH2/day)

$ 0.7M/site

$2.7M /site + $0.67M /site + $0.28M /site

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Timeline

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Celebrity

Urban people

Along-highway

people

Transportation

business

Suburban people

Average driving distance

𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 HEF (28.8 miles/day )

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0.6

1.2

1.2

3

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Average driving distance varies by each user Focus on different users in each phase

Phase 1

Phase 2, 3

User of FCV

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10

Celebrities access easily

Highway Portable Off-site station On-site station Densely-populated area

Gather stations in densely-

populated area

Use portable station

Very low initial cost

Timeline 2013-2015(Phase1)

Celebrities in New York

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Arrange more off-site

stations densely

Move portable stations to the

hydrogen developing area

Develop on-site stations

to surround off-site stations

Highway Portable Off-site station Off-site station On-site station Densely-populated area

95 % urban people can

access within 15min

More urban people in

densely-populated area

Timeline 2015-2020(Phase2)

Massive infrastructure especially

in densely-populated area

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Almost 100 % Megalopolis

people can access within 5min

Various people

Timeline 2020-2025(Phase3)

More hydrogen stations

Expand existing stations

modularly

Plants cover hydrogen

demand

On-site station Hydrogen production plant Densely-populated area 2nd densely-populated area

Highway Portable Off-site station Off-site station Large off-site station

Infrastructure in broad area

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95 % urban people can

access within 15min

Almost 100 %

Megalopolis people can

access within 5min

[Number of stations]

H2 station map( New York 2015,2020,2025)

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500

1400

14

15

Investment return

[Accumulation cost and sales]

Payout Period

19 years

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Hydrogen price

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Gasoline price

Hydrogen price

2015 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2014 2016 2017 2018 2013

Media Strategy Celebrities drive FCV in New York Movies and Dramas FCV race event in Manhattan

Education Strategy Hydrogen bus tour Hydrogen production factory tour Demonstration hydrogen mini car

Phase1 Phase2 Phase3

Marketing

Price Strategy 32% fuel cost will be reduced FCV :54.7miles/kgH2, 4$/kgH2

Gasoline car : 9.3miles/L, 1 $/L

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BOS

NYC

WAS

PHI

Summary

2013-2015(Phase1) 2015-2020(Phase2) 2020-2025(Phase3)

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BOS

NYC

WAS

PHI

Flexible design

High accessibility

Short term investment-return

This proposal is best for Northeastern U.S

Summary

2013-2015(Phase1) 2015-2020(Phase2) 2020-2025(Phase3)

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Kazuto Tsuda Naoya Kobayashi Kosuke Shinto Yohei Nagamatsu Liana Christiani Shingo Baba

Prof. Megumi Takata Prof. Yusuke Shiratori

Yasuhiro Toyofuku Takahiro Takaki Keisuke Adaniya Masaru Takada Kota Miyoshi Kyohei Hirata

Seiichiro Kimura Soichiro Murakami

<Special Thanks to>

<Faculty Advisors>

*Department of Hydrogen Energy System, Faculty of Engineering *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

*Department of Business and Technology Management, Faculty of Economics

*International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER) *Next-to-last Team Leader

*Mitsubishi Corporation *Last Team Leader

Kyushu university team members

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