On-site hydrogen production from transportation fuels: An overview and techno-economic assessment

The feasibility of distributed hydrogen production from renewable energy sources and the financial contribution from UK motorists on environmental grounds

“…As the use of existing gasoline refuelling infrastructure can be used as a basis for the future supply of hydrogen a logical question therefore could be whether the existing gasoline infrastructure could be utilised to supply hydrogen? Katikaneni et al (2014) carry out a techno-economic assessment relating to the on-site production of hydrogen by steam reforming existing gasoline station fuels compared to on-site electrolysis and pipeline hydrogen from centralised SMR production. The resulting production costs based on a hydrogen production volume of 1000kg per day were almost $12.5 USD/kg for on-site electrolysis and between $6-7 USD/kg for the hydrocarbon-based production methods.…”

Hydrogen safety risk assessment methodology applied to a fluidized bed membrane reactor for autothermal reforming of natural gas

“…At the moment most of the hydrogen consumed worldwide is being produced by dehydrogenation of fossil fuels or by water splitting using electricity generated with fossil fuels [3]. On one hand, there are different studies assessing how to increase the efficiency of different methods for hydrogen production using either fossil sources or renewable sources [4,5].…”

Development and environmental impact of hydrogen supply chain in Japan: Assessment by the CGE-LCA method in Japan with a discussion of the importance of biohydrogen

“…The major chicken-and-egg dilemma in the development of the hydrogen economy is whether to build the necessary infrastructure first, including hydrogen fueling stations (HFS) [21], or whether to develop hydrogen applications first, including hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) [22], hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCV) [23] or hydrogen internal combustion vehicles [7,24]. Katikaneni et al [25] perform feasibility analysis to reveal the on-site hydrogen generation using existing fueling station could support development of hydrogen production and applications [26]. This investigation discusses first three classes of hydrogen industries in the hydrogen supply and sales chain.…”