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Regional Hydrogen Transition Strategies

Project Summary

Full Title: Technical and Economic Studies of Regional Transition Strategies Toward Widespread Use of Hydrogen Energy
Project ID: 76
Principal Investigator: Joan Ogden
Keywords: Hydrogen production; transition; hydrogen delivery

Performer

Principal Investigator: Joan Ogden
Organization:Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California
Address:1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616
Telephone:530-752-2768
Email:jmogden@ucdavis.edu
Additional Performers: H2A Delivery Team (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, DOE); UC Davis H2 Pathways Program; Princeton University; National Energy Technology Laboratory (C-sequestration)

Period of Performance

Start: April 2004
End: May 2006

Project Description

Type of Project: Analysis
Category: Hydrogen Fuel Pathways
Objectives: Evaluate alternative pathways for producing and distributing hydrogen; Identify viable transition strategies toward widespread use of hydrogen
Inputs:
  • Description: Geographic Information System (GIS) data; demand scenarios; regional conditions; cost and performance of hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and refueling systems as a function of scale; cost and performance of hydrogen vehicles and infrastructure; size and geographic density of demand, idealized model of a city; fraction of hydrogen vehicles in fleet, station size and coverage, rural v. urban
Methodology/Approach: Geographic information system (GIS) analysis, mathematical programming, simulation, case studies
Models Used: Engineering/economic model of hydrogen energy system components (demand, production systems, transmission and distribution, refueling stations and CO2 sequestration); EXCEL spreadsheet model to design a hydrogen supply system to meet a specified steady-state demand
Outputs: Engineering/economic model of hydrogen energy system components (demand, production systems, transmission and distribution, refueling stations and CO2 sequestration)
Milestones Supported:
  • Excel cash flow model for the Systems Macro Model
    • Organization: UC Davis
    • Completion Date: July 2005
  • Draft report on Transition Infrastructure designs
    • Organization: UC Davis
    • Completion Date: September 2005
  • Draft report on development of H2D2, mixed integer linear programming model
    • Organization: UC Davis
    • Completion Date: September 2005

Products/Deliverables

 
  • Description: FY 2005 Progress Report
    Publication Title: FY 2005 DOE Hydrogen Program Progress Report
    Article/Abstract Title: III.5 Technical and Economic Studies of Regional Transition Strategies Toward Widespread Use of Hydrogen Energy
    Page number(s): 38
    Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy
    Author Name(s): Ogden, Joan M.
    (PDF 736 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
    Publication Date: November 2005

  • Description: FY 2004 Progress Report
    Publication Title: FY 2004 DOE Hydrogen Program Progress Report
    Article/Abstract Title: II.I.4 Technical and Economic Studies of Regional Transition Strategies Toward Widespread Use of Hydrogen Energy
    Page number(s): 161
    Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy
    Author Name(s): Ogden, Joan M.
    (PDF 537 KB) Download Adobe Reader.
    Publication Date: November 2004



Date Last Updated: 02/28/2006