Toyota has developed a new module for the storage and transportation of hydrogen. It is composed of several high-pressure resin hydrogen tanks. Tanks already tested in the Toyota Mirai, the most popular hydrogen fuel cell car in the world.
Toyota It is one of the giants of the automotive industry that is betting the strongest on hydrogen. One of the great challenges that must be overcome so that hydrogen can become widespread in different areas, including the transport sector, has to do with its storage. That is why, among different technologies, the Japanese manufacturer is investigating in this field. The storage and transport of hydrogen.
One of the fruits that the work that the company has been carrying out will be exhibited within the framework of the FC Expo (International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Exhibition) that will be held at the Tokyo Big Sight from March 16 to 18, 2022 in Japan. Toyota has developed a hydrogen storage and transport module. A module that is made up of several high-pressure resin hydrogen tanks.
Toyota’s new module for hydrogen storage
In the bowels of the new module developed by Toyota are some hydrogen tanks already tested in the Toyota Mirai, the most popular fuel cell car on the market. It is also equipped with a whole series of devices that allow hydrogen to be safely stored and/or transported. Among them, there is a hydrogen detector and an automatic shutdown switch.
The marketing of fuel cell vehicles and fuel cell systems they are part of initiatives Toyota has been working on to achieve what the company has described as a hydrogen-based society. This 70 MPa high-pressure resin hydrogen tank is now receiving numerous requests for use in railways, shipping and port cargo handling, as well as hydrogen electric generators.
This year, starting with the Super Taikyu race at Suzuka in just a few days, Toyota will start looking for new business partners to carry out more verification tests. All this under the premise of further expanding the use of hydrogen. The race will see the transportation of large quantities of hydrogen with a fuel cell truck equipped with large-volume, high-pressure resin hydrogen tanks.
The features of the Toyota Hydrogen Storage Module
It is important to note that we are facing a conceptual storage module and that, therefore, does not correspond to the definitive version that would be manufactured in a hypothetical future.
Toyota has also highlighted that, since it is safer and more efficient to transport hydrogen based on large-capacity charges, hydrogen-derived energy can be used in different places where it is difficult to refuel this alternative fuel. For example, in mountainous areas.
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