Hydrogen refueling station integrating hydrogen production, filling, and refueling

Abstract

A hydrogen refueling station includes an electrochemical hydrogen compression unit, a hydrogen storage unit, and a hydrogen refueling unit. The electrochemical hydrogen compression unit includes an electrochemical hydrogen production unit. The hydrogen storage unit is connected to the electrochemical hydrogen compression unit. The hydrogen refueling unit is connected to the hydrogen storage unit and configured to deliver hydrogen to equipment requiring refueling.

Claims

1. A hydrogen refueling station, comprising: An electrochemical hydrogen compression device includes an electrochemical hydrogen production device and a hydrogen storage device connected to the electrochemical hydrogen compression device. And a hydrogen refueling device connected to the hydrogen storage device, configured to deliver hydrogen to a device to be refueled.

2. The hydrogen refueling station as described in claim 1, wherein the electrochemical hydrogen production device includes an electrochemical hydrogen production unit or an electrochemical hydrogen production stack, the electrochemical hydrogen production stack including a plurality of the electrochemical hydrogen production units, and the electrochemical hydrogen production units are arranged sequentially along a stacking direction.

3. The hydrogen refueling station as described in claim 2, wherein the electrochemical hydrogen production unit comprises: An anode includes an anode catalyst layer and an anode gas diffusion layer; a cathode includes a cathode catalyst layer and a cathode gas diffusion layer; a proton exchange membrane is disposed between the anode and the cathode; and a power source is electrically connected to the anode and the cathode, wherein the anode gas diffusion layer is disposed on the side of the anode catalyst layer opposite to the proton exchange membrane, and the cathode gas diffusion layer is disposed on the side of the cathode catalyst layer opposite to the proton exchange membrane.

4. The hydrogen refueling station as described in claim 3, wherein a bipolar plate is provided between adjacent electrochemical hydrogen production units in the electrochemical hydrogen production stack, and the bipolar plate has a flow channel structure.

5. The hydrogen refueling station as described in claim 1, wherein the volume of the hydrogen storage device is between 1.0 cubic meters and 3.0 cubic meters.

6. The hydrogen refueling station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrogen storage device includes a composite pressure vessel, the composite pressure vessel including a metal liner and a fiber reinforcement layer covering an outer side of the metal liner.

7. The hydrogen refueling station as described in claim 1, wherein the hydrogen refueling device includes a hydrogen refueling nozzle.

8. The hydrogen refueling station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrogen refueling device further includes an infrared communication unit configured to connect to a communication unit of the device to be refueled.

9. The hydrogen refueling station as described in claim 1, wherein the refueling equipment includes a hydrogen storage cylinder of a vehicle.

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