Argonne National Laboratory

Since its initial public release in 2006, HDSAM has been expanded and updated annually with state of the art data on delivery pathways, component technologies, and costs of interest to government agencies and industry stakeholders.

Infrastructure and refueling techno-economic assessment for Light-Duty fuel cell electric vehicles

Provide platform for comparing the cost of alternative hydrogen delivery and refueling options. Identify cost drivers of current hydrogen delivery and refueling technologies for various market penetrations of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

The tool is highly flexible, allowing end users the ability to change many detailed input assumptions and to perform sensitivity analyses. HDSAM evaluates the cost of hydrogen delivery and refueling for various fuel cell vehicle market penetrations in U.S. cities with population of 50,000 or greater. The model incorporate optimization algorithms to identify least cost delivery and refueling configurations. All assumptions and calculations are transparent and key components and drivers of cost are easily identified.

• Cost of capital from vendors, industry and literature, and other economic parameters from H2A model system.
• Depreciation and labor rates based on industry input.
• Land requirements based on NFPA codes and standards.
• Process and equipment technical information based on industry input and basic engineering calculations.
• Cost of energy from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

• Market demand parameters.
• Cost and performance data of delivery and refueling components as a function of throughput and manufacturing volume.
• Economic and financial parameters.

• Levelized cost [$/kg] of hydrogen delivery via pipeline, gaseous truck, and liquid truck, including refueling.
• Contribution of delivery components to levelized cost of hydrogen.
• Capital, operating and maintenance costs of delivery components (e.g., terminals, trucks, liquefiers, pipelines, and refueling stations).
• Annual and cumulative cash flows by delivery components and total.
• Land area, energy use, efficiency, leakage, boil-off and emissions.

The HDSAM model uses an Excel-based platform with graphical user interface, and is freely available to the public (see below for download link).

Central production -> compressor -> geologic storage for plant outages -> GH2 terminal -> GH2 truck transmission & distribution -> GH2 fueling station

Central production -> compressor-> geologic storage for plant outages-> transmission pipeline-> GH2 terminal-> GH2 truck distribution-> GH2 fueling station

Central production-> compressor-> geologic storage for plant outages-> transmission & distribution pipeline-> GH2 fueling station

Central production -> liquefier -> LH2 terminal (including liquid storage for plant outages) -> LH2 truck transmission & distribution -> LH2 fueling station

Central production -> compressor -> geologic storage for plant outages -> transmission pipeline -> liquefier -> LH2 terminal -> LH2 truck distribution -> LH2 fueling station

Central production -> compressor -> transmission pipeline -> liquefier -> LH2 terminal (including liquid storage for plant outages) -> LH2 truck distribution -> LH2 fueling station

HDSAM must be run in Microsoft Excel 2010® for full functionality. The model is available as an open-source software package copyright by UChicago Argonne, LLC. Prior to downloading the model, users must register.