Kasun Hewage, PhD, PEngProfessor, School of Engineering

University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus

4th September 2018

Hydrogen fuel infrastructureplanning for road transportation in Canada

- A lifecycle thinking approach

Life Cycle Management Laboratory at UBC Okanagan

A world-class facility specializing in life cycle assessment of the built environment

The only research facility in Canada focusing on life cycle assessment of the built environment

Focuses on developing innovative methods and decision making tools

20+ graduate students and PDFs

30+ state-of-the-art software

150+ journal articles

100+ conference articles

50+ technical reports

50+ Industry-research collaborations

10+ communities/municipalities

RESEARCH AREAS

Water-energy-carbon nexus in urban development

Improving energy & eco performance of buildings

Energy system planning and energy security for communities

Small water system management and water security

Solid waste management

Smart buildings and interconnected cities

Human health impact management of aquatic centres

Alternative modes of transportation

Construction project management

Carbon capturing and utilization for emissions mitigation

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OVERVIEW: HYDROGEN FUEL BASED MOBILITY

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MSW Transportation

HFC Production using WtE

technologies

HFC Storage and Transportation

(Upstream Process)

MSW Generation

and Collection

HFC Retailing and Distribution using Refuelling

Infrastructure Network (Downstream Process)

Transportation using HFC Vehicles

Domestic, Industrial and Agricultural

activities

MSW Sorting and

TreatmentLow-

emission Hydrogen

Fuel-based Mobility

WtE-based HFC

production Process

Transportation emission reduction

Urban waste management

WtEtransportation

solutions

Low emissions transportation

Low impact waste management

Sustainability for Canadian communities

Moving form linear to circular economy

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PROJECT IDEAS AND OBJECTIVES

PHASE 01: Risk-based solutions to optimize hydrogen refuelling infrastructure network

Objective:To develop a framework to identify the optimal supply chain network for Hydrogen refuelling infrastructure

Sub-objectives: 1. To evaluate different Hydrogen production technologies considering human health risk, safety risk and

technology risk

2. To determine potential feedstock types, supply, and storage for hydrogen production and develop a GIS-based spatial model to optimize Hydrogen refueling infrastructure network for urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods in different regions in Canada

3. To evaluate project delivery and contracting strategies for development, operation, and maintenance of Hydrogen refueling infrastructure

4. To develop best management practices, policies and guidelines for achieving optimal Hydrogen refueling infrastructure considering the dynamic vehicle demands, and the spatial constraints

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Assessing Disruptions

Techno-Economic, Environmental and Social Assessment

Building the Modeling Tools

Innovation

Directing and Responding to Disruptions

THEMES ADDRESSED

Identification of disruptive forces such as transportation emissions and urban waste and how they affect urban

infrastructure

Developing decision tools to compare the life cycle triple bottom line impacts of different hydrogen production

and WtE utilisation scenarios

Life-cycle assessment of production of hydrogen fuel cell using WtE technologies

Developing decision tools, best management practices, policies, and guidelines for achieving optimal Hydrogen

refueling infrastructure

Developing a circular economic approach to plan, operate and maintain WtE-based hydrogen production

facilities

Phases 1&2

Phase 2

Phases 1&2

Phase 1

Phase 2

TIMELINE

Phase

Literature reviewEvaluating different Hydrogen production technologies Developing a GIS-based spatial model to optimize HRI network Evaluating strategies for development, operation, and maintenance of HRIDeveloping best management practises for achieving optimal HRI

Literature reviewDeveloping waste management procedures to produce HFCDetermining the LC feasibility of WtE tech. to produce Hydrogen fuelFeasiblity analysis of adopting close-loop process for production of HFDeveloping specs to operate WtE-based hydrogen production facilities

2022 2023 2024

Milestone: Framework to identify the optimal supply chain network for HRI

Milesonte: Symbiotic approach to produce HFC for transportation using MSW

01. Risk-based solutions to optimize hydrogen refuelling infrastructure (HRI) network

02. A close-loop process to produce low-emission hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) using WtE technologies

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