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The DOE National Hydrogen Storage Project: Recent Progress in On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Carole Read ,
John Petrovic ,
Grace Ordaz  and
Sunita Satyapal
Carole Read
Affiliation:
carole.read@ee.doe.gov, US Department of Energy, Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies, United States
John Petrovic
Affiliation:
john.petrovic@ee.doe.gov
Grace Ordaz
Affiliation:
grace.ordaz@ee.doe.gov
Sunita Satyapal
Affiliation:
sunita.satyapal@ee.doe.gov
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Abstract

Hydrogen is under consideration by several countries for its potential as an energy carrier for transportation applications. In order to compete with vehicles in use today, hydrogen-powered vehicles will require a driving range of greater than 300-miles in order to meet customer needs and expectations. For the overall vehicular light-duty fleet, this dictates that a range of 5 to 13 kg of hydrogen be stored on-board (assuming a fuel cell power plant) within stringent system weight, volume, and cost constraints. Vehicular hydrogen storage thus constitutes a major scientific and technological challenge. To meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated a “National Hydrogen Storage Project” with roughly 40 universities, 15 companies and 10 federal laboratories, actively engaged in hydrogen storage research. Centers of Excellence in metal hydrides, chemical hydrides, and carbon-based materials have been established, as well as independent university and industry projects in the areas of new concepts/materials, hydrogen storage testing, and storage system analysis. Recent technical progress in each of these areas is discussed.

Keywords

Habsorptionadsorption
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 885: Symposium A – The Hydrogen Cycle – Generation, Storage and Fuel Cells , 2005 , 0885-A05-01
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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