Hydrogen tube trailers are
semi-trailers that consist of 4 to 36 cluster high-pressure
hydrogen tanks varying in length from for small tubes to on jumbo tube trailers. They are part of the
hydrogen highway and usually precede a local
hydrogen station
A hydrogen station is a storage or filling station for Hydrogen. The hydrogen is dispensed by weight. There are two filling pressures in common use. H70 or 700 bar, and the older standard H35 or 350 bar. As of 2021 around 550 filling stations were ...
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Types
Modular tube trailer
Older tube trailers made of steel (Type I) usually carry about 100 kg per load, while new and more efficient composite trailers (Type IV) made of carbon fiber make it possible to carry up to 1 tonne per load. Modular tube trailers range from 8 to 54 tubes.
Intermediate trailer
Intermediate tubes are assembled in banks of 5 tubes in lengths of and provide mobile or stationary storage.
Jumbo tube trailer
A trailer with 10 tubes and a chassis, operating with pressures in excess of .
Jumbo tube trailer
Composite tube trailers
As of 2012, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) started to award Special Permits (SP) to different manufactures to produce Type IV Hydrogen trailers in the US. The US is the current leader in Composite tank manufacturing.
As in July 2016, Nishal Group has multiple cascade configurations in the form of cascade banks operating at 200 bar.
In February 2018, CATEC Gases was awarded DOT certification to produce a 1,000 kg, hydrogen tube trailer operating at 275 bar.
See also
*Hydrogen economy
The hydrogen economy is using hydrogen to decarbonize economic sectors which are hard to electrify, essentially, the "hard-to-abate" sectors such as cement, steel, long-haul transport etc. In order to phase out fossil fuels and limit climate ch ...
* Hydrogen infrastructure
* Liquid hydrogen tank car A liquid hydrogen tank car, also called liquid hydrogen tank wagon or liquid hydrogen tanker wagon is a railroad tank car designed to carry cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2). LH2 tank cars with a capacity of are used for transcontinental transport.
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* Liquid hydrogen tanktainer
A liquid hydrogen tank-tainer also known as a liquid hydrogen tank container is a specialized type of container designed to carry cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2) on standard intermodal equipment. The tank is held within a box-shaped frame the ...
* Liquid hydrogen trailer
References
External links
2006 - Hydrogen Delivery and On-Board Storage Analysis WorkshopHydrogen Transport by Tube TrailerJumbo tube trailer tables
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Hydrogen infrastructure
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