Kyushu University Presentation for the 2013 Hydrogen Student Design Contest

1. Development of
a Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
in the Northeastern United States
2012-2013 Hydrogen Student Design Contest
sponsored by the Department of Energy
Kyushu University

2. Flights to/from Asian major cities
Destination Flight time
Tokyo 1 hr 30 min
Shanghai 1 hr 30 min
Taipei 2 hrs 00 min
Beijing 2 hrs 20 min
Hong Kong 4 hrs 40 min
Singapore 5 hrs 45 min
Washington, D.C. 13 hrs
Kyushu University
 Established in 1911
 One of the 7 former Imperial colleges
 3rd oldest Engineering Faculty
after Univ. Tokyo and Univ. Kyoto
Fukuoka’s Location
1

3. FCV and Filling station
High investment cost
Need more infrastructures
Come out
Today’s Infrastructure in California
Present status around FCV
2

4. Contest theme
3

5. 300,000
2,250,000
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Numberofsales
The number of FCVs
expected by our team
The number of FCVs
provided by HEF
Design Approach
4
Number of FCV forecast
4

6. Portable station
Merged with
Gas station
Combination of
off-site
&
on-site
Modular design
Station design
Hydrogen
station
5

7. Merged with existing gas station
Compressor
(40,80MPa)
Accumulator
(40,80MPa)
Storage
Gas
dispenser
Hydrogen
dispenser
On-site station(1000kgH2/day)
 Reduce land cost
 Much fueling demand
 Convenient for drivers
Merge with
Gas station Pre-cooler
Off-site station(400kgH2/day) $5.0M/site$2.7M/site
6

8. Compressor
(40,80MPa)
Accumulator
(40,80MPa)
Storage
Gas
dispenser
Combination of off-site & on-site station
Hydrogen
dispenser
Hydrogen
production by
steam reforming
On-site station(1000kgH2/day)
Pre-cooler
Off-site station(400kgH2/day) $5.0M/site$2.7M/site
7

9. 8
Gas stationNew place
Off-site station ( kgH2/day)800
Portable station(40kgH2/day)Modular design (off-site station)
Station design
Portable station
(40kgH2/day)
$ 0.7M/site
$2.7M /site+ $0.67M /site+ $0.28M /site
8

10. Timeline
9

11. Celebrity
Urban people
Along-highway
people
Transportation
business
Suburban people
Average driving
distance
𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 HEF
(28.8 miles/day )
0.7
0.6
1.2
1.2
3
10
 Average driving distance varies by each user
 Focus on different users in each phase
Phase 1
Phase 2, 3
User of FCV
1
10

12. Celebrities access easily
Highway
Portable Off-site station
On-site station
Densely-populated area
 Gather stations in densely-
populated area
 Use portable station
Very low initial cost
Timeline 2013-2015(Phase1)
Celebrities in New York
11

13. 12
 Arrange more off-site
stations densely
 Move portable stations to the
hydrogen developing area
 Develop on-site stations
to surround off-site stations
Highway
Portable Off-site station
Off-site station
On-site station
Densely-populated area
95 % urban people can
access within 15min
More urban people in
densely-populated area
Timeline 2015-2020(Phase2)
Massive infrastructure especially
in densely-populated area
12

14. Almost 100 % Megalopolis
people can access within 5min
Various people
Timeline 2020-2025(Phase3)
More hydrogen stations
Expand existing stations
modularly
Plants cover hydrogen
demand
On-site station
Hydrogen production plant
Densely-populated area
2nd densely-populated area
Highway
Portable Off-site station
Off-site station
Large off-site station
Infrastructure in broad area
13

15. 14
95 % urban people can
access within 15min
Almost 100 %
Megalopolis people can
access within 5min
[Number of stations]
H2 station map( New York 2015,2020,2025)
11
500
1400
14

16. 15
Investment return
[Accumulation cost and sales]
Payout Period
19 years
15

17. 16
Hydrogen price
16
Gasoline price
Hydrogen price

18. 2015 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 20252014 2016 2017 20182013
Media Strategy
Celebrities drive FCV in New York
Movies and Dramas
FCV race event in Manhattan
Education Strategy
Hydrogen bus tour
Hydrogen production factory tour
Demonstration hydrogen mini car
Phase1 Phase2 Phase3
Marketing
Price Strategy
32% fuel cost will be reduced
FCV :54.7miles/kgH2, 4$/kgH2
Gasoline car : 9.3miles/L, 1 $/L
17

19. BOS
NYC
WAS
PHI
Summary
2013-2015(Phase1)2015-2020(Phase2)2020-2025(Phase3)
18

20. BOS
NYC
WAS
PHI
Flexible design
High accessibility
Short term investment-return
This proposal is best for Northeastern U.S
Summary
2013-2015(Phase1)2015-2020(Phase2)2020-2025(Phase3)
19

21. Kazuto Tsuda
Naoya Kobayashi
Kosuke Shinto
Yohei Nagamatsu
Liana Christiani
Shingo Baba
Prof. Megumi Takata
Prof. Yusuke Shiratori
Yasuhiro Toyofuku
Takahiro Takaki
Keisuke Adaniya
Masaru Takada
Kota Miyoshi
Kyohei Hirata
Seiichiro Kimura
Soichiro Murakami
<Special Thanks to>
<Faculty Advisors>
*Department of Hydrogen Energy System, Faculty of Engineering
*Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
*Department of Business and
Technology Management, Faculty of
Economics
*International Institute for Carbon-
Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER)
*Next-to-last Team Leader
*Mitsubishi Corporation
*Last Team Leader
Kyushu university team members
20