Beschreibung:
A potentially viable solution to the problem of profuse greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles in the transportation sector is the deployment of hydrogen as alternative fuel. This study examines the practical use of hydrogen fuel within the internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered long-haul, heavy-duty trucking vehicles. Specifically, it appraises the techno-economic feasibility of constructing a network of long-haul truck refuelling stations using hydrogen fuel, across Canada. Results showed that at 100% technology integration, the range in selling prices was between 8.3 and 25.1 CAD$/kg. Alternatively, at 10% technology integration, the range was from 12.7 to 34.1 CAD$/kg. Moreover, liquid hydrogen, which is delivered by trucks generally had the highest selling price due to its very prohibitive storage costs. However, truck-delivered hydrogen stations provided the lowest total investment cost; the highest is shown by pipe-delivered hydrogen and on-site hydrogen production processes using high technology integration methods. It is worth mentioning that once hydrogen technology is more developed and deployed pervasively, the refuelling infrastructure cost is likely to decrease considerably. It is expected that the techno-economic model developed in this work will be useful to design and optimise new and more efficient hydrogen refuelling stations for any ICE vehicles or fuel cell vehicles