China's First Heavy-Duty Railway Hydrogen Refueling Station Starts Operation

TapTechNews on June 2nd, it is reported by CCTV News that China's first hydrogen refueling station for heavy-duty railways - the Batu Tower Hydrogen Refueling Station of the National Energy Group has been officially put into commercial operation, and the station is located in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia.

It is learned by TapTechNews that this hydrogen refueling station mainly provides hydrogen refueling services for domestic high-power hydrogen energy shunting locomotives and hydrogen fuel cell + lithium battery power battery zero-emission catenary work vehicles.

The Batu Tower Hydrogen Refueling Station is equipped with the world's first low-temperature resistant automatic refueling hydrogen injection robot and high-flow hydrogen refueling machine independently developed and manufactured in China, which can realize all-weather continuous operation and high-flow automatic hydrogen refueling at a minimum of -25 °C (about -13 °F).

The hydrogen refueling capacity of the Batu Tower Hydrogen Refueling Station reaches 500 kilograms per day, and the hydrogen storage capacity is 800 kilograms. It can fill a hydrogen-powered locomotive completely in the fastest 30 minutes. The hydrogen fuel filled can make the locomotive operate continuously for 8 hours and the unloaded cruising range reaches 800 kilometers. It is expected that the annual carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by about 800 tons.