Socaled, Chevron Open Hydrogen Fuel Demonstration
Date: 23-May-07
Country: US
The five-year project is co-funded by the US Energy Department and will be an "electrolyzer" hydrogen fuel cell station in Rosemead, California, So Cal Ed said.
So Cal Ed is a subsidiary of Edison International based in Rosemead.
This is one of five Chevron partnership hydrogen stations to be commissioned in California, Florida and Michigan.
"At each Chevron Hydrogen station, we're using a different technology. This will help us understand which technologies work best and what factors need to be in place to make hydrogen a viable transportation fuel," said Rick Zalesky, Chevron vice president of hydrogen and biofuels.
The electrolysis process to be used in Rosemead passes electricity through water to separate hydrogen and oxygen molecules. SCE wants to study this for future applications, it said.
The other popular method of generating hydrogen fuel is to convert fossil-based fuel such as natural gas into hydrogen.
The Rosemead alkaline electrolyzer will produce up to 40 kilograms of hydrogen a day and can store up to 60 kilograms.
As many as nine Hyundai fuel cell cars will be fueled at the station and the project will monitor their performance, So Cal Ed said.
