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Modular Systems for Energy and Fuel Transport
Published in Yatish T. Shah, Modular Systems for Energy Usage Management, 2020
Successful widespread use of hydrogen will require a delivery infrastructure that accommodates diverse means of distribution. Although the most economical means of transporting hydrogen in the future may be by a larger pipeline network similar to that used for natural gas, other modes of transport may be more efficient for outlying areas or dense urban settings. Rail and barge transport offer higher load-carrying capacities and higher weight limits than over-the-road trailers. Trucks, railways, and barges may also play a key role during the transition phase, when hydrogen demand is low and economic incentives for building hydrogen pipelines are not yet in place. Hydrogen is currently shipped overseas using tube skids or a high-efficiency liquid storage container similar in size to over-the-road trailers. In the future, it is conceivable that liquid hydrogen tanker ships (similar to LNG tankers) may be used to transport large volumes of hydrogen between U.S. ports and overseas.
A hydrogen fuelled LH2 tanker ship design
Published in Ships and Offshore Structures, 2021
Abdullah NFNR Alkhaledi, Suresh Sampath, Pericles Pilidis
There are limited previous studies with a similar background that can be found in the literature. In 1998, a group of Japanese companies published a preliminary study on large-scale transportation of liquid hydrogen, including a preliminary conceptual design of a liquid hydrogen tanker with a prismatic and spherical four-tank system having a total capacity of 200,000 m3 and total cargo weight of 14,000 tons of liquefied hydrogen (Abe et al. 1998). Also, a design of an LNG carrier ship with different wedged tanks was introduced (Zhang 2015).