Hydrofueler

The project has designed and developed an efficient and compact reformer unit for small scale hydrogen production and provided pre-normative research for safety standard, control strategies and hydrogen infrastructure. The project has been an EC project under FP5.

The goal of the project has been to:

• To facilitate the use of hydrogen as a transport fuel
• Improved efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions
• Refuelling station for hydrogen-powered and fuel cell driven vehicles
• Develop an efficient and compact unit for hydrogen production

Partners:

• Warwich Process Technology Group (WPTG) (UK) (Coordinator)
• Chart Heat Exchangers Ltd (UK)
• CEA-Greth (F)
• SINTEF (N)
• DYTECH (UK)
• IRMERC (I)

Publications:

• Ingrid Schjølberg, Anne B. Østdahl,  ’Security and Tolerable risk for Hydrogen Service Stations’,  Technology in Society, 2007.
• Ingrid Schjølberg, Anne B. Østdahl, ‘Safety functions for a hydrogen refuelling station with on-site reforming’, European Hydrogen Conference, June 2007.
• Finn A. Michelsen, Ingrid Schjølberg, Berit F. Lund, ‘Dynamic system analysis of a small scale hydrogen production plant’, IFAC DyCops 2007.
• Ingrid Schjolberg, Mary Ann Lundteigen and Anne Bjertnes, ‘Safety Issues and Safety Philosophy in a Small Scale Hydrogen Fuel Station, H2www, Pisa, Italy, 2004.