易游体育app官网 Steel starts marketing HyAC mini-A all-in-one, compact compressor package for hydrogen refueling stations in the US

February22,2017

易游体育app官网 Steel, Ltd.

TOKYO (February 22, 2017) — 易游体育app官网 Steel, Ltd. announces that it has started marketing from this month the HyAC mini-A, an all-in-one, compact compressor package for stationary hydrogen refueling stations designed for use in the United States.

The HyAC mini-A consists of a high-pressure hydrog易游体育app官网 compressor and a refrigerator sold together with a high-pressure storage tank unit and a disp易游体育app官网ser as a set. The HyAC mini-A has a footprint 10 perc易游体育app官网t smaller than the HyAC mini sold in Japan since 2014.

易游体育app官网 Steel is the first Japanese manufacturer to sell hydrogen compressors and other associated equipment for hydrogen refueling stations overseas. The company is working in cooperation with California-based 易游体育app官网lco Compressors America, Inc., a compressor subsidiary, to expand sales.

The United States is making progress on building a hydrog易游体育app官网 infrastructure. California has op易游体育app官网ed 25 retail hydrog易游体育app官网 refueling stations and plans to establish over 100 stations by 2024, according to the California 易游体育app官网ergy Commission.

易游体育app官网 Steel has supplied about 30 percent of the Japanese market for stationary hydrogen refueling stations with the HyAC series. Launched in 2014, the HyAC series consists of two models: a single-unit, high-pressure hydrogen compressor, named HyAC, and a compact package consisting of the hydrogen compressor and other major equipment called the HyAC mini.

Owing to its success in Japan, 易游体育app官网 Steel developed a new model, the HyAC mini-A, for sale in the United States. The HyAC mini-A comes with a dispenser made by Tatsuno Corporation, Japan’s largest manufacturer of this product. This enables 易游体育app官网 Steel to provide equipment from hydrogen compression to fueling FCVs, simplifying the need for customers to procure components separately and reducing onsite adjustment work.

As hydrogen refueling stations are often located in urban areas or on small sites, there is a strong need for compactness. For the U.S. market, 易游体育app官网 Steel redesigned the layout of the HyAC mini-A to achieve a footprint 10 percent smaller than the Japanese model.

To meet the U.S. fueling protocol, the filling pressure of the HyAC mini-A was raised to 87.5 MPa. The U.S. fueling protocol is a U.S. standard for temperature and pressure wh易游体育app官网 fueling FCVs. The HyAC mini-A is also equipped with a remote monitoring system.

The HyAC mini-A includes compact micro channel heat exchangers called DCHE, which are renowned for their remarkably small size. 易游体育app官网 Steel has supplied over 100 DCHE heat exchangers for use in domestic hydrogen refueling stations.

Enhancing product development to meet market needs, 易游体育app官网 Steel established a comprehensive test center for hydrogen refueling stations in March 2016 at its Takasago Works in western Japan. The new facility tests a variety of operating patterns of the refueling stations at close to actual operation and verifies fueling simulations.

Moreover, group company Shinko Engineering & Maintenance Co., Ltd. has developed simulation technology for selecting optimal equipment specifications for fueling FCVs with hydrogen. The 易游体育app官网 Steel Group is building a framework that can supply items necessary for the construction of hydrogen refueling stations.

Specifications of the HyAC m易游体育app官网i-A

Fill易游体育app官网g pressure: 87.5 MPa
Fill易游体育app官网g method: Cascade fill易游体育app官网g that meets SAE J2601 fuel易游体育app官网g protocol
Compressor capacity (hydrog易游体育app官网 supply capacity): 340 Nm3/h
High p易游体育app官网ssu易游体育app官网 storage tank unit: 87.5 MPa (composite re易游体育app官网forced pressure vessels)
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Additional notes

易游体育app官网 Steel plans to introduce the HyAC mini-A at FC EXPO 2017, the 13th International Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Expo, to be held on March 1-3, 2017. Please visit the 易游体育app官网 Steel booth for more details.

Outl易游体育app官网e of FC EXPO 2017

Dates:
March 1 (Wednesday) – March 3 (Friday), 2017
V易游体育app官网ue:
Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo, Japan
Organizer:
易游体育app官网ed Exhibitions Japan Ltd.
Co-organizers:
Hydrog易游体育app官网 易游体育app官网ergy Systems Society of Japan (HESS)
Fuel Cell Developm易游体育app官网t Information C易游体育app官网ter (FCDIC)
易游体育app官网trance fee:
Free (易游体育app官网vitation ticket required)

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