Abstract
Environmental and energy security concerns are driving federal agencies to evaluate alternative domestically produced energy. Among the various technologies studied, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a five-year demonstration project named “Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project” to investigate the feasibility of hydrogen as a transportation fuel. To achieve the objective, the DOE selected a team of industry leaders to design, construct and operate a system consisting of various hydrogen fueling stations and fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles. One of the selected teams consists of Chevron Technology Ventures Inc., Hyundai American Motor Co., UTC Fuel Cells, and Southern California-Edison (SCE). Each team member is responsible for a key task: Chevron — design and build the hydrogen fueling station, Hyundai and UTC — build the Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, and SCE — site-owner, characterize and operate the system in a real world setting.The hydrogen fueling station was built at the corporate offices of SCE in Rosemead, California. This station is capable of maintaining a minimum storage capacity of 60 kg, a daily production and dispensing capacity of 40kg, a fueling pressure of 5,000PSI, and a maximum vehicle fueling time of five minutes. As an electric utility company, SCE will perform a detailed power analysis of the station and determined key functions, such as system power demand, efficiency, and reliability. Prior to fleet assessment, SCE characterized the performance of three fuel cell electric vehicles at its EV Technical Center in Pomona, California. This characterization included both freeway and urban drive-range testing. In addition, the vehicles will be deployed to various sites throughout the SCE service territory for fleet assessments. Among the various test sites will be Palm Springs, designated as the hot-climate site.This project demonstrates the ability of hydrogen to be a possible source of sustainable domestic transportation energy. The lessons learned in this project provide valuable knowledge to the partners by conducting project tasks, such as permitting, code compliance, vehicle characterizations, fleet assessment, and infrastructure installation.
Highlights
The Department of Energy (DOE) selected four teams of industry leaders to design, construct, and operate a controlled system composed of a fleet of light duty Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) and a network of hydrogen producing/dispensing fueling stations
Chevron was to construct and operate four hydrogen fueling stations throughout the United States, while Hyundai was to provide the fleet of FCEVs used at the sites
Southern California-Edison (SCE) is committed to the evaluation and deployment of advanced, cost effective, energy efficient electro-drive technologies as an outgrowth of its mission to provide safe and reliable electrical service to its customers, and as a response to air quality based regulations driving the growth of the electro-drive transportation industry
Summary
National concerns over energy security and the environment have prompted federal agencies to further investigate domestically produced, environmentally friendly sources of transportation energy. *P.E., Engineer, Electric Vehicle Technical Center Southern California-Edison 265 N East End Ave Pomona, CA 91767 Phone: 909-469-0245 Fax: 909-469-0319 the project is to conduct a “real world” performance evaluation of both fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) and the hydrogen infrastructure that supports them. The DOE selected four teams of industry leaders to design, construct, and operate a controlled system composed of a fleet of light duty FCEVs and a network of hydrogen producing/dispensing fueling stations. Chevron was to construct and operate four hydrogen fueling stations throughout the United States, while Hyundai was to provide the fleet of FCEVs used at the sites. Chevron selected Southern California-Edison (SCE) to be a site host for one of the California stations. SCE is to evaluate a small fleet of FCEVs by operating them in real world applications
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