Executive Summary
Objectives:
With an overall objective of developing low-emission transport systems for European cities, the specific objectives of the project ZERO REGIO are:
- Use of hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel, produced as primary or waste stream in a chemical plant or alternatively through small “on-site” production facilities
- Development of infrastructure systems for hydrogen consisting of hydrogen production, compression, storage and distribution equipment and integration of these in conventional refuelling stations
- Adaptation and demonstration of 700 bar refuelling technology for hydrogen
- Demonstration of hydrogen as an alternative fuel via automobile-fleet field tests at two different urban locations in the EU, Rhein-Main, Germany, and Lombardia, Italy
- Showing ways and prospects for faster penetration of hydrogen as a zero-emission alternative motor fuel in the transportation market at short and medium term.
Hydrogen sources are available at locations near the envisaged refueling stations. The conventional part of the refueling stations will also be made available for the project. The infrastructure for fuel transport from the source to the station will be realised in the project. Multiple solutions for infrastructure development for hydrogen will be addressed: pipelining and trailers from a centralized production facility as well as local “on-site” H2 production. Car fleets will be delivered and implemented by the automobile manufacturers DaimlerChrysler and Fiat. Field tests with the zero-emission fuel-cell vehicles will be performed by respective city transport authorities in Mantova and the airport authority in the Rhein-Main region. The car fleets will serve for local deliveries, post distribution, taxi operations, passenger transfer etc. Technical as well as socio-economic evaluations of field tests will lead to suggestions and models for faster penetration of hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel over larger urban areas in the EU.
Experience gained during the field tests and results obtained in this project will contribute to the objective of the European Commission of 5% substitution by hydrogen as an alternative motor fuel in the road transport sector by the year 2020.
Project start: 15. 11. 2004; Project duration: 60 months;
Integrated Project 6th Framework Programme of EC
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Coordinators contact details:
Dr. Heinrich Lienkamp
Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG
Industriepark Höchst, C526
65926 Frankfurt Am Main
Tel.: +49/69/305 7571
Fax: +49/69/305 20646
Email: heinrich.lienkamp@infraserv.com
Project Status:
Project implementation is planned in two phases as shown here.
Work performed so far i.e., at the end of the construction phase I can be summarised as follows:
Detailed design work and the approval formalities for building for all the hydrogen infrastructure systems on both sites are completed.
Construction work is completed in Rhein-Main, Germany and the following facilities are in operation:
- High pressure transport line for transporting hydrogen gas from the source (chemical plant producing hydrogen as a by-product) to the refuelling station
- Compression and dispenser system for two pressures (350 and 700 bar)
- Storage and filler unit for liquid hydrogen
- A multi-fuel conventional service station in the industry park Höchst in which the above hydrogen infrastructure is integrated. Official opening ceremony of the Agip service station took place on Nov. 17, 2006 hosted by Infraserv and Agip.
Construction work is completed in Mantova, Italy and the following facilities are ready for operation:
- On-site hydrogen production facility
- A hydrogen storage facility
- Compression and distribution system for filling hydrogen at 350 bar
- The service station in mantova was opened officially on 21st September,2007
Hydrogen dispensers at the Agip service station in Frankfurt
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