Techno-economic feasibility of road transport of hydrogen using liquid organic hydrogen carriers

Markus Hurskainen; Jari Ihonen

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.186

Techno-economic feasibility of road transport of hydrogen using liquid organic hydrogen carriers

Markus Hurskainen (Corresponding Author), Jari Ihonen

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Abstract

The cost of storing and transporting hydrogen have been one of the main challenges for the realization of the hydrogen economy. Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) are a promising novel solution to tackle these challenges. In this paper we compare the LOHC concept to compressed gas truck delivery and on-site production of hydrogen via water electrolysis. As a case study we consider transportation of by-product hydrogen from chlor-alkali and chlorate plants to a single industrial customer, which was considered to have the greatest potential for the LOHC technology to enter the markets. The results show that the LOHC delivery chain could significantly improve the economics of long distance road transport. For economic feasibility, the most critical parameters identified are the heat supply method for releasing hydrogen at the end-user site and the investment costs for LOHC reactors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	32098-32112
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	45
Issue number	56
Early online date	15 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.08.186
Publication status	Published - 13 Nov 2020
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Chlor-alkali
Chlorate
Feasibility
Liquid organic hydrogen carriers
Logistics
Trailer

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