Compressed hydrogen tube trailer

Hydrogen tube trailers are semi-trailers that consist of 4 to 36 cluster high-pressure hydrogen tanks varying in length from 20 feet (6.10 m) for small tubes to 53 feet (16.15 m) on jumbo tube trailers. They are part of the hydrogen highway[1] and usually precede a local hydrogen station.

Compressed hydrogen tube trailer

Types

Modular tube trailer

Older tube trailers made of steel (Type I)usually carry about 100 Kilos per load, while new and more efficient composite trailers (Type IV) made of carbon fiber made possible to carry up to 1,000 Kilos per load Modular tube trailer range from 8 to 54 tubes.[2]

Intermediate trailer

Intermediate tubes are assembled in banks of 5 tubes in lengths of 19 and 38 ft (5.79 and 11.58 m) and provide mobile or stationary storage.[3]

Jumbo tube trailer

A trailer with 10 tubes and a 44-foot (13.41 m) chassis, operating with pressures in excess of 3,200 psi (220.63 bar; 22.06 MPa).[4]

Composite tube trailers

As of 2012, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) started to award Special Permits (SP) to different manufactures to produce Type IV Hydrogen trailers in the US. The US is the current leader in Composite tank manufacturing.

As on July 2016, Nishal Group has multiple cascade configurations in the form of cascade banks operating at 200 bar.

On February 2018, CATEC Gases was awarded DOT certification to produce a 1,000 Kilo Hydrogen 53 Ft Tube tube trailer operating at 275 Bar.

See also

References
  1. BC tube trailers Archived December 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Modular tube trailer Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Stationary storage
  4. Jumbo tube trailer Archived January 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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