1999 - 2007

LH2 for passenger cars publicly accessible;
CGH2 for buses transporting passengers around the apron of Munich Airport;
CGH2 for buses used on a commuter route

Germany

H2argemuc
Hydrogen Filling Station
Munich Airport International
Südallee 2
85356 München

The refuelling station is part of the hydrogen demonstration project H2argemuc. The goal is to gain insight into the routine use and economic feasibility of hydrogen as a fuel. Since the practical tests gave extensive knowledge for further development, it is important for the partners of the H2argemuc to deploy the hydrogen technology early at a practical level and to expand the technological basis of the project.

The fourth phase of the H2argemuc project, which is sponsored by the Bavarian Ministry of Transport, has started in spring 2005 after the third phase was successfully completed. The main objectives of the project - the operational use of hydrogen and the presentation of an enclosed hydrogen circuit - have clearly been achieved. Today, in the Munich area both a rigid bus with hydrogen-powered internal-combustion engine and a fuel-cell bus are used on a commuter route.CGH2: high-pressure cylinders: 10 m3 @ 35 Mpa;
LH2: 12,000 l vessel

Steam reformer (hydrogen production capacity 100 Nm3/h);
hydrid based intermediate storage unit;
refuelling robot for liquid hydrogen

Aral/BP, Bayerngas, BMW, E.ON Bayern, Flughafen München, GRIMM Aerosol, Linde Gas, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge, Siemens, PROTON MOTOR and ET EnergieTechnologie (Project Manager). Sponsored by The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology

CGH2 is produced in an on-site process via electrolyser or steam methane reformer (hydrogen production capacity 100 Nm3/h);
LH2 is delivered from a liquefaction plant of Linde Gas by a tank trailer and transferred into a stationary super-insulated storage tank

Hydride based intermediate storage unit and high-pressure cylinders (10m3 @ 35MPa) for CGH2;
LH2 storage tank (12,000l vessel)

CGH2: 2 dispensers;
LH2: 1 refuelling robot

Passenger cars, buses, a PEMFC forklift:
CGH2:
3 MAN low-floor articulated buses with an internal hydrogen combustion engine and a CGH2 hydrogen storage system, which are in daily use at the airport (http://www.h2cars.de/overview/cardata/60.htm);
PEMFC forklift with 24kW and8 h range;
expansion to local public transport using a MAN fuel-cell bus (68 kW from a PEM fuel-cell system and over 140 kW from an energy storage system) and MAN hydrogen-powered internal-combustion engine H 2866 UH and the optimised engine H 2876 UH (monovalent engine);
LH2: BMW 7series in field test (bivalent engine)

Information office
Tel: +49-89-24447627
Fax: +49-89-24447611
info@prpetuum.de

www.h2argemuc.de

The hydrogen refuelling station has been visited by more than 12,000 people. Almost 500,000 kilometres have been covered by the hydrogen buses and cars without any incident. Nearly 1,000 times vehicles of the BMW fleet have been refuelled with approximately 60,000 litres of liquid hydrogen.