Volume 10 Issue 1
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Macau
T.W. Ching
1Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, School of Automotive Studies, Tongji University 4800 Caoan Road, Shanghai, 201804, P.R.China
2Shanghai Sunwise Energy Systems Co., Ltd., 10 F(B), Yujia Buliding No.1336 Huashan Road Shanghai, 200052, P.R.China
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
During the Expo Shanghai 2010, 196 fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) were used to transport visitors in and around the Expo Site. To ensure a reliable fuel supply to these FCVs, a well-designed hydrogen supply chain was established, including an industrial by-product hydrogen purification facility, two fixed hydrogen refueling stations and two mobile hydrogen refueling stations. This paper describes the design of this hydrogen supply chain. The experiences, learnings and quantitative findings from the operation of this hydrogen infrastructure are also presented. In general, the hydrogen supply chain performed well in terms of hydrogen quality and the stations availability. The fact that the FCVs were refueled over 20000 times without major incidents can clearly be seen as a success.
Keywords: Hydrogen supply chain; fuel-cell vehicle; hydrogen refueling station