【Haichuan Chemical Salary News】Sinopec can now carry out hydrogenation!

Related information: Shanghai’s first fixed hydrogen refueling station, the Anting Station, was built jointly by Shanghai Shunhua New Energy Systems Co., Ltd. and Tongji University among other parties. The refueling pressure at this station is 35 MPa, while the storage pressure is 43 MPa; it is capable of continuously supplying hydrogen to 20 fuel cell cars and 6 fuel cell buses. The hydrogen station under construction in the chemical industrial zone is the first hydrogen station that our company has invested in and built on its own since its establishment. Covering an area of about 8,000 square meters, it serves as a hub hydrogen station for Yilan Energy, offering three functions: hydrogen refueling for fuel cell vehicles, filling via hydrogen tube trailers, and charging for electric vehicles. The completion of this project is scheduled for the end of 2018. After the completion of Phase 1, the daily hydrogen supply capacity will be approximately 500 kg, and it will reach 1000 kg upon completion of Phase 2.

This station uses pipelines to receive raw gas, offering reliable quality, optimal costs, and stable supply; it will serve as an important facility for Yilan Energy to supply hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Shanghai’s chemical industry zone as well as other hydrogen refueling stations in the city.

Sinopec’s advantage lies in the fact that it does not need to acquire new land for planning; it can convert existing gas stations into hybrid fuel-hydrogen stations, which helps to save a significant amount on construction costs. The construction of hydrogen refueling stations is also an issue; according to incomplete estimates, the cost of building a hydrogen refueling station with a daily hydrogen filling capacity of 200 kilograms is around 10 million yuan. The number of hydrogen refueling stations is an important factor affecting the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles; therefore, Sinopec’s construction of oil-hydrogen hybrid stations has a significant impact on the advancement of such vehicles.

Compared to Sinopec’s oil-hydrogen integrated stations, Honda’s 70MPa high-pressure electrolysis water hydrogen production station has advantages: it requires only 6 square meters of space, relies entirely on solar power for energy, and does not need compressors. It seems that Honda’s power plant is quite good, but it can produce only 2.5 Kg of hydrogen per 24 hours, with a storage capacity of 18 Kg. A Honda Clarity (Honda’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicle with a range of 750 km) has hydrogen tanks with a capacity of 5 Kg; in other words, the amount of hydrogen produced by one hydrogen station in 24 hours is not enough to fill up a single Clarity. Regardless of whether there is a sun or not, how many such hydrogen refueling stations are needed in a city to meet the demands of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles? In that light, Sinopec’s hybrid refueling stations are truly numerous.

What is Yilan Energy’s future business plan? A: The company’s goal is to complete the construction of the Shanghai hydrogen refueling corridor by 2022. This corridor will run from the northwest to the southwest via Jiading, Qingpu, Songjiang, Jinshan, Minhang, and Fengxian to the Lingang area; it will also extend from the northwest to the northeast through Jiading, Baoshan, Pudong, and the Disney area to the Pudong Airport area. At an appropriate time, a hydrogen refueling network will be established in Chongming District as well. We plan to build 7 standard hydrogen refueling stations, hydrogen hub stations, stations that combine fueling and hydrogen refueling, and stations that combine hydrogen refueling and charging by 2020, with an additional 10 stations to be added by 2022. In addition to the hydrogen station under construction in the chemical industrial zone, site selection for subsequent stations has been completed at Jiading Country Park and Fengxiang Road in Baoshan. At the same time, a hydrogen corridor in the Yangtze River Delta is being developed around its key cities, with active attention paid to the promotion and application of hydrogen energy in specific market segments.

Q: How many hydrogen refueling stations are there in the country currently? What is the general situation regarding construction and operation? A: There are over 30 hydrogen refueling stations in China, both already built and under construction; 15 of them are currently in operation and are located in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Anhui, Henan, Guangdong and other places. Although many cities across the country are also planning to build hydrogen refueling stations, as a whole such infrastructure has not yet reached a sufficient scale to meet the needs of the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Guangdong is currently the province with the fastest progress in the construction and expansion of hydrogen refueling stations; provincial-level oversight ensures proper management, and there are over a dozen such stations under construction or already built, with Foshan and Yunfu showing the fastest development.

Nanhai District in Foshan City is currently making great efforts to develop the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry; how will this district overcome the obstacles to such development? According to Zhang Zhiyong, deputy director of the South Sea District Bureau of Land, Urban Development and Water Affairs, the district aims to complete the construction of over 20 hydrogen refueling stations during the period from 2018 to 2022. To promote the development of the hydrogen energy industry and accelerate the construction of hydrogen refueling stations, **Nanhai District established a leading group for the construction of hydrogen refueling stations in Foshan Nanhai District in the early stage. The leadership team is headed by Chen Shaowen, the deputy district head, with the responsible officials from relevant district-level departments and towns/sub-districts serving as members, thereby enabling effective overall coordination and efficient management.

The leading group has currently drafted the \"Work Plan for the Construction of Hydrogen Refueling Stations in Nanhai District\" and is collecting opinions from relevant departments and towns. At the same time, to carry out tasks such as strategic consultation for hydrogen station construction, planning and design, project approval assessment, review of design proposals, project acceptance, and formulation of safety operation standards, the Nanhai District Hydrogen Station Expert Group was established with the support of the National Hydrogen Energy Standardization Technical Committee, in order to ensure the smooth and safe progress of hydrogen station construction in this district. The Nanhai District Party Committee and the district government have also introduced a number of measures to actively encourage enterprises to participate. First, by establishing an expert group for hydrogen station construction, provide strategic consulting, planning and design services, as well as ensure the construction of hydrogen stations to high standards ； Secondly, the \"Interim Measures for Promoting the Construction and Operation of Hydrogen Refueling Stations and the Use of Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles in Nanhai District, Foshan City\" were introduced, which provide subsidies for various aspects related to the construction and operation of hydrogen refueling stations in the district. For stations completed by December 31, 2018, the subsidy amount can reach up to 8 million yuan, in addition to any subsidies available under higher-level policies ； Thirdly, the general contracting company for the design and construction of hydrogen refueling stations in the Nanhai District, selected through a bidding process conducted by the district’s development and reform department, is responsible for the planning and design (including surveying) as well as the construction of hydrogen refueling stations in that area. It is also responsible for selecting, purchasing, installing core equipment, and carrying out system commissioning.

Currently, the first hydrogen refueling station in the Nanhai District, the Danzao Ruihui Hydrogen Refueling Station, came online on September 7, 2017. This hydrogen station was invested in, constructed, and operated by Foshan Ruihui Energy Co., Ltd., a company affiliated with the Public Asset Management Office of Nanhai District, Foshan City. The project covers an area of approximately 4,475.9 square meters (about 6.7 mu), with a total construction area of around 652.9 square meters. This includes the hydrogen refueling station area, hydrogen equipment zone, station building, exhibition hall, as well as related supporting facilities ； The total investment for the project is approximately 15.5 million yuan. The hydrogen station is designed with a filling pressure of 35 MPa and a daily filling capacity of 350 kilograms; it also has room for expansion to allow for a filling pressure of 70 MPa and a daily filling capacity of 700 kilograms of hydrogen.

Foshan makes significant progress in hydrogen station construction. On August 29, 2018, the joint groundbreaking ceremony for hydrogen stations in Foshan was held on Zansha Road in Chancheng District, with the construction of the first batch of 8 hydrogen stations starting. It is understood that in order to accelerate the construction of hydrogen refueling stations in various districts of Foshan, the city has planned to start building 10 such stations this year. It has also set the goal of deploying 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell buses and constructing 28 hydrogen refueling stations between 2018 and 2019. From 2018 to 2019, the financial subsidies for hydrogen refueling facilities across Foshan city will amount to 155 million yuan. Xu Guo, vice mayor of Foshan and commander of the Foshan command team responsible for assisting Yunfu, said on site: “The simultaneous commencement of construction of these 8 hydrogen refueling stations in Foshan is of great significance not only in Guangdong but also across the country; it also plays a role in promoting the development of the global hydrogen energy industry.” ”