(476e) Performance and Cost Analysis of Fueling Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicles

The deployment of heavy-duty hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) holds significant potential to enable deep decarbonization through the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and the enhancement of environmental sustainability. For early market penetration of heavy-duty FCEVs, the development of a cost-effective refueling station and its operation strategy is crucial. Unlike light-duty hydrogen FCEV refueling station, heavy-duty hydrogen FCEV refueling station should be able to supply hydrogen at higher mass flow rate which can exceed 60g/s. For H70 station, the peak mass flow rate can be up to 300g/s. So, it is essential to obtain the optimum design of station hydrogen storage systems which can meet the daily hydrogen refueling demand while maintaining the maximum hydrogen utilization and minimum energy consumption. In this study, we use Argonne’s Hydrogen Station Cost Optimization and Performance Evaluation (H2SCOPE) thermodynamic model to simulate the operation of heavy-duty hydrogen refueling stations and evaluate the performance of the station operation schemes, including supply storage pressure consolidation and baseline operation with no pressure consolidation. We evaluate the performance of various station configurations and present the performance of the pressure consolidation scheme and typical baseline operation of a station supplied by a high-pressure tube-trailer. We also evaluate the impact of the operation schemes on the refueling cost of hydrogen.