Optimal siting and sizing of hydrogen refueling stations considering distributed hydrogen production and cost reduction for regional consumers

Abstract

Summary Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are currently facing two difficulties in achieving their general use: the lack of hydrogen refueling stations and high hydrogen prices. Hydrogen refueling stations are the middle stage for delivering hydrogen from its sources to consumers, and their location could be affected by the distributed locations of hydrogen sources and consumers. The reasonable siting and sizing of hydrogen refueling stations could both improve the hydrogen infrastructure and reduce regional consumers' cost of using hydrogen. By considering the hydrogen life cycle cost and using a commercial volume forecasting model, this paper creates a relatively thorough and comprehensive model for hydrogen station siting and sizing with the objective of achieving the optimal costs for consumers using hydrogen. The cost‐based model includes the selection of the hydrogen sources, transportation methods, and storage methods, and thus, the hydrogen supply chain can also be optimized. A numerical example is established in Section 4 with the solution algorithm and results.

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“…He et al [39] proposed a hydrogen refuelling station siting model for a hydrogen energy expressway system based on the optimization of hydrogen life cycle cost. In another work [58], an optimal siting and sizing model was proposed for hydrogen refuelling stations, which considers distributed hydrogen production and cost reduction for regional consumers.…”