Abstract

Modeling Deployment of Alternative Fuel Infrastructure in California Using GIS
Track: Modeling
Author(s): Nils Johnson, Christopher Yang, Joan Ogden

As California explores a potential transition to a hydrogen-based transportation system, an important step is to gain insight into the design and costs of a statewide infrastructure for producing and delivering hydrogen during this period. This paper describes GIS-based methods for optimizing the deployment of production, distribution, and refueling infrastructure as hydrogen vehicle market penetration evolves from 1% to 50% in California. Two particular modeling efforts are emphasized: 1) prediction of the spatial distribution of hydrogen demand at fixed market penetration levels and 2) optimization of hydrogen infrastructure to supply statewide demand via centralized hydrogen production with pipeline distribution. The spatial model is combined with technoeconomic models of hydrogen infrastructure components to identify the optimal infrastructure design at each market penetration as well as the costs and CO2 emissions of infrastructure deployment. This paper presents a GIS-based method for evaluating and designing alternative fuel infrastructure in a regional context.

Nils Johnson
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis , California 95616
United States
Phone: 530-752-1599
Fax: 530-752-6572
E-mail: njohnson@ucdavis.edu

Christopher Yang
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis , California 95616
United States
Phone: 530-754-9000
E-mail: ccyang@ucdavis.edu

Joan Ogden
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis , California 95616
United States
Phone: 530-752-2768
E-mail: jmogden@ucdavis.edu