Status of vehicular hydrogen storage

FUEL 102

Sunita Satyapal, sunita.satyapal@ee.doe.gov1, Carole Read1, Grace Ordaz1, George Thomas2, and John Petrovic, johnpetrovic@earthlink.net3. (1) Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, (2) Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories (retired), 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585, (3) Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired), 8954 Puerto Del Rio Drive, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
Because of the significant technical challenge of storing sufficient quantities of on-board hydrogen fuel to achieve a greater than 300 mile driving range, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has established specific gravimetric, volumetric, cost, and other hydrogen storage system targets in partnership with industry, to enable the development of commercially viable hydrogen-powered vehicles. These targets form the goals of the U.S. National Hydrogen Storage Project which is a DOE-coordinated university-industry-federal laboratory R&D program, involving Centers of Excellence in Metal Hydrides, Hydrogen Sorption, and Chemical Hydrogen Storage, as well as independent projects on additional new concepts/materials, storage systems analyses, and hydrogen storage testing and safety R&D. Progress achieved to date will be described and the current status of hydrogen storage systems with respect to the targets will be discussed.
 

Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Technology
1:25 PM-5:15 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 Boston Park Plaza -- Cambridge Rm, Oral

Division of Fuel Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007