US DOE Webinar Series Fuel Cell Technologies Office EERE Fuel

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0.42

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0.70 0.39

0.43 2.00 5.50

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1.75

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Flight Statistics Flight 1

5/18/2013

16 min

First Flight

Flight 2

5/31/2013

18 min

First Autonomous Operation

Flight 3

6/15/2013

32 s

ESC Failure, Ditch

Flight 4

8/10/2013

3.5 min

Dead stick Landing

Flight 5

9/28/2013

22 min

Cold and wet

Flights 6-7

10/5/2013

46 min

Great Success

Flights 8-9

11/13-2/14 ~50 min

Flights 10-14 2/14-5/14

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2 hr

Success switch logger Full load flight tests

• • Liquid hydrogen production

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Patent pending storage system

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PEM fuel cell powerplant

= New capabilities and markets

US DOE Webinar Series Fuel Cell Technologies Office

EERE Fuel Cell Technologies Office 6 November 2014

8 | Fuel Cell Technologies Program Source: US DOE 2/10/2015

2014 and 2015 Hydrogen Student Design Contests eere.energy.gov

Designing a Drop-in Hydrogen Fueling Station U.S. Department of Energy Webinar November 6, 2014 In this presentation… 1. Customer Considerations 2. Liquid H2 Delivery 3. Station Design 4. User Interface 5. Safety Features 6. Site Logistics 7. Economic Analysis

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Full report available at: http://hydrogencontest.org/2014.asp

Design with the Customer in Mind Low Capital Cost

No Maintenance

Low Operating Cost

Minimal Footprint

Public Safety

Public Appeal

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Liquid hydrogen is superior near term • • • • •

Lowest cost Low energy demand Minimizes equipment 4 times the density of delivered gas Existing infrastructure  80-90% of all non-pipeline H2 delivered by cryogenic liquid tankers.1

1 Technology

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Transition Corporation (TTC), Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: The U.S. Market Report, 11 (22 March 2010)

100% 50% 65% 0% 100% 25% 75%

100% 90% 93%

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We have a site & plan

•Located on WSU campus •Existing gasoline station on-site •Easy access for vehicles and refuelers •Meets Washington Administrative Code •Fire resistant walls reduce setback distances

Top View Pump 1

Pump 2

Equipment 13

¼ cost of current stations • Explicit and implicit costs considered: – Fixed cost = $423,000 (all equipment) – Monthly costs = $735 (power, water, maintenance – demand dependent) – Discount rate of 6.25% – 10 year life span Gaseous Storage $77,100

• Price (P) model [$/kg] – Monthly Demand (D) – Rate of Return (RR)

Compressor $54,000

LH2 Storage $72,907

Misc. $20,603

Cooling $52,604

Dispensing $94,833 Monitoring Safety $26,577 $23,936

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Competitive with gasoline Required Return

Monthly Demand (kg)

Price ($/kg)

Price per 5 kg or 300 miles ($)

10%

3000

11.31

56.55

30%

3000

11.62

58.10

10%

6000

9.62

48.10

30%

6000

9.78

48.90

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Required Rate of Return 0.4 0.2

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($/kg)

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3000

4000 5000 Demand per Month

(kg)

6000

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2014 CONTEST WINNERS 16

Development Efforts • Partnership with GP Strategies on a DOE proposal for Cryogenic Thermal Compressor (CTC) (in review) – Provisional patent on CTC

• Designing single dispenser prototype station – Could refuel shuttle bus on WSU campus

• In negotiations with other companies to develop prototype station 17

Proposed Space: TFRB 108-113

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CREST: A space for Research, Teaching, & Service

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H H Y P E R

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Thank you.

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