Open AccessGlobal Assessment of Hydrogen Technologies – Tasks 3 & 4 Report Economic, Energy, and Environmental Analysis of Hydrogen Production and Delivery Options in Select Alabama Markets: Preliminary Case Studies
Author(s) -
Fouad H. Fouad,
Robert W. Peters,
Virginia P. Sisiopiku,
Sullivan Andrew J.,
J.L. Gillette,
Amgad Elgowainy,
Marianne Mintz
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/923760
Subject(s) - hydrogen production , context (archaeology) , software deployment , metropolitan area , production (economics) , hydrogen technologies , environmental science , hydrogen , hydrogen fuel , steam reforming , waste management , environmental economics , engineering , hydrogen economy , chemistry , geography , economics , archaeology , organic chemistry , macroeconomics , software engineering
This report documents a set of case studies developed to estimate the cost of producing, storing, delivering, and dispensing hydrogen for light-duty vehicles for several scenarios involving metropolitan areas in Alabama. While the majority of the scenarios focused on centralized hydrogen production and pipeline delivery, alternative delivery modes were also examined. Although Alabama was used as the case study for this analysis, the results provide insights into the unique requirements for deploying hydrogen infrastructure in smaller urban and rural environments that lie outside the DOE’s high priority hydrogen deployment regions. Hydrogen production costs were estimated for three technologies – steam-methane reforming (SMR), coal gasification, and thermochemical water-splitting using advanced nuclear reactors. In all cases examined, SMR has the lowest production cost for the demands associated with metropolitan areas in Alabama. Although other production options may be less costly for larger hydrogen markets, these were not examined within the context of the case studies