Hydrogen Quality Issues for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Project Summary
| Full Title: |
Hydrogen Quality Issues for Fuel Cell Vehicles |
| Project ID: |
201 |
| Principal Investigator: |
Romesh Kumar |
| Keywords: |
Lifecycle costs; fuel cells; steam methane reforming (SMR); autothermal reforming (ATR) |
Purpose
Assess the influence of different contaminants and their concentration in fuel hydrogen on the life-cycle costs of hydrogen production, purification, use in fuel cells, and hydrogen analysis and quality verification.
Performer
| Principal Investigator: |
Romesh Kumar |
| Organization: | Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) |
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| Address: | 9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439 |
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| Telephone: | 630-252-4342 |
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| Email: | kumar@cmt.anl.gov |
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Period of Performance
| Start: |
October 2005
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| End: |
September 2010
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Project Description
| Type of Project: |
Analysis |
| Category: |
Hydrogen Fuel Pathways, Vehicle Options |
| Objectives: |
Develop a process to determine hydrogen quality requirements for fuel cell vehicles, based on life-cycle costs; Identify how fuel quality influences the life-cycle costs of the various components of the hydrogen system; Develop models to evaluate the effects of fuel quality on costs of the hydrogen system components; Identify information gaps and the research and development needed to fill those gaps |
| Technologies Considered: |
Autothermal reforming, steam methane reforming |
| Outputs: |
Life-cycle costs of the effects of fuel impurities on hydrogen production, purification and use in fuel cells |
| Milestones Supported: |
- Systems Analysis Milestone 6: Complete analysis of the impact of hydrogen quality on the hydrogen production cost and fuel cell performance
- Organization: DOE/EERE/HFCIT
- Completion Date: September 2010
- Systems Analysis Milestone 9: Complete analysis of the impact of hydrogen quality on the hydrogen production cost and the fuel cell performance for the long range technologies readiness
- Organization: DOE/EERE/HFCIT
- Completion Date: March 2015
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| Timeframe Studied: |
2005 - 2015 |
Products/Deliverables
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Description: FY 2007 Progress Report
Publication Title: FY 2007 DOE Hydrogen Program Progress Report
Article/Abstract Title: VIII.6 Hydrogen Quality Issues for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Page number(s): 1208
Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy
Author Name(s): Kumar, Romesh; Ahmed, Shabbir; Papadias, Dennis; Ahluwalia, Rajesh
(PDF 292 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
Publication Date:
November 2007
Description: FY 2007 Annual Merit Review Presentation
Article/Abstract Title: Hydrogen Quality Issues for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Author Name(s): Kumar, Romesh; Ahmed, Shabbir
(PDF 570 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
Publication Date:
May 2007
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Date Last Updated: 02/29/2008
