Hyzon Motors, Performance Food Group, and Chart Industries, have completed Hyzon’s first commercial run with a liquid hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (LH2 FCEV), according to a news release.
Starting in Temple, Texas, the truck completed deliveries to eight PFG customers near Dallas, travelling over 540 miles on a 16-hour continuous run including over 100-degree Fahrenheit temperatures.
“The run – further than the distance from Sacramento to San Diego – demonstrates the viability of on-board liquid hydrogen to fuel long-distance, zero-emission transport,” the release states.
Compared to gaseous hydrogen, liquid hydrogen allows Hyzon to increase the amount of fuel on board significantly thanks to increased energy density. Hyzon partnered with Chart Industries to develop a tank system capable of storing liquid hydrogen at extremely cold temperatures and delivering it to the fuel cell system at the necessary pressure.
Liquid hydrogen as a fuel source has been estimated to be up to $5 per kilogram less expensive all-in to dispense than high-pressure gaseous hydrogen1, which would provide meaningful benefits to fleet owners.
For vehicle testing and the demo run, liquid hydrogen transportation, storage and dispensing was provided by Certarus, with liquid hydrogen produced by Air Liquide.
It was previously reported that Hyzon is partnered with Raven SR and Chevron New Energies to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond, California.
