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Self-sustainability of emerging hydrogen refuelling stations and FCEVs in Japan

Self-sustainability of emerging hydrogen refuelling stations and FCEVs in Japan Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are currently in the limelight as the latest generation of zero-emissions vehicles. Over the last 20 years, FCEVs failed to be properly commercialised. In this study, the economy of FCEVs and the hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) infrastructure is presented from a practical perspective based on a detailed analysis of internal combustion engine vehicles and gasoline refuelling stations. The refuelling capacity of self-sustainable HRSs is estimated as 8­38 Nm3/h for FCEVs costing 5 million yen and 14­71 Nm3/h for FCEVs costing 4 million yen. These findings reveal a significant gap in the hydrogen refuelling capacities of a self-sustainable HRS and a full-size HRS (typically 300 Nm3/h) that some current hydrogen initiatives assume. Further, the results indicate that the deployment of self-sustainable HRSs is difficult as long as the target FCEV customers are assumed to be passenger vehicle customers only. Keywords: fuel cell electric vehicle; FCEVs; internal combustion engine vehicle; ICEV; hydrogen refuelling station; HRS; gasoline refuelling station; GRS; ; potential demand. Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Hasegawa, T., Gemba, K. and Ishida, S. (2015) ` of emerging hydrogen refuelling stations and FCEVs in Japan', http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Business and Systems Research Inderscience Publishers

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Publisher
Inderscience Publishers
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
ISSN
1751-200X
eISSN
1751-2018
DOI
10.1504/IJBSR.2015.072587
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Abstract

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are currently in the limelight as the latest generation of zero-emissions vehicles. Over the last 20 years, FCEVs failed to be properly commercialised. In this study, the economy of FCEVs and the hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) infrastructure is presented from a practical perspective based on a detailed analysis of internal combustion engine vehicles and gasoline refuelling stations. The refuelling capacity of self-sustainable HRSs is estimated as 8­38 Nm3/h for FCEVs costing 5 million yen and 14­71 Nm3/h for FCEVs costing 4 million yen. These findings reveal a significant gap in the hydrogen refuelling capacities of a self-sustainable HRS and a full-size HRS (typically 300 Nm3/h) that some current hydrogen initiatives assume. Further, the results indicate that the deployment of self-sustainable HRSs is difficult as long as the target FCEV customers are assumed to be passenger vehicle customers only. Keywords: fuel cell electric vehicle; FCEVs; internal combustion engine vehicle; ICEV; hydrogen refuelling station; HRS; gasoline refuelling station; GRS; ; potential demand. Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Hasegawa, T., Gemba, K. and Ishida, S. (2015) ` of emerging hydrogen refuelling stations and FCEVs in Japan',

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International Journal of Business and Systems ResearchInderscience Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2015

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