Infrastructure System Analysis
The goal of this research is to develop a detailed understanding of production facilities and infrastructure at different scales for biofuels, electricity, hydrogen, conventional, and unconventional liquid fuels using tools and models being developed including geographical information systems (GIS), mathematical programming tools, and engineering economic models for infrastructure components. This research also includes an assessment of key inputs such as water, energy resources, electricity, and land.
Research Leaders: Christopher Yang, Yueyue Fan, and Joan Ogden
Graduate Student Researchers: Steven Chen, Ryohei Hinokuma, Eric Huang, Nils Johnson, Xuping Li, Ryan McCarthy, David McCollum, Mike Nicholas, Nathan Parker, Jie (Jesse) Zheng
Collaborating Researchers: Rob Braun
Recent Publications
- Joan Ogden and Christopher Yang. Chapter 15. Build-up of a hydrogen infrastructure in the US. from Perspectives of a hydrogen economy. Michael Ball, Martin Wietschel, Eds. Cambridge. 2009.
- McCarthy, Ryan W., Christopher Yang, Joan M. Ogden (2009) Interactions between electric-drive vehicles and the power sector in California. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-09-11
- Nils Johnson, Christopher Yang, and Joan Ogden. A GIS-Based Assessment Of Coal-Based Hydrogen Infrastructure Deployment In The State Of Ohio. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2009. 33 (20) pp. 5287-5303.
- McCarthy, Ryan W., Christopher Yang, Joan M. Ogden (2008) Assessing Strategies for Fuel and Electricity Production in a California Hydrogen Economy. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RP-08-13
- Huang, Yongxi, Yueyue Fan, Ruey Long Cheu (2008) Optimal Allocation of Multiple Emergency Service Resources for Protection of Critical Transportation Infrastructure. Transportation Research Record (2022), 1 - 8
Primary Objectives
- Develop detailed technical understanding of fuel infrastructure components and pathways (models and technical and economic analyses)
- Develop tools for design and layout of fuel production, distribution and refueling infrastructure to assess costs, inputs and environmental impacts
- Investigate infrastructure transition options for different fuel pathways and consideration of geography, demand scenarios, risk, uncertainty, reliability and other important factors
- Investigate scale factors(Individual infrastructure components, Single fuel full pathway, Multi-fuel full pathways, and transition modeling)
- Enable cross-comparison between infrastructure costs and development challenges for different fuel pathways
Major Project Areas
- Transportation fuels and electricity interactions
- Hydrogen and electricity interactions
- Co-production of electricity and fuels
- California electricity supply scenarios
- Biorefinery modeling
- Tools for estimating costs for Hydrogen pathways in different regions
- Optimal infrastructure design for single pathways and multi-fuel pathways
- Modeling urban and regional infrastructure for fuel pathways
- Transition optimization
- Feedstock transport
- Uncertainty, reliability and risk
Structure of "Cross-Comparison" in this research
Infrastructure requirements are modeled for a variety of different primary energy/fuel/vehicle pathways. This will allow us to compare important metrics such as delivered fuel cost, capital cost, feedstock and energy requirements and emissions for different pathways.
Relevant Posters and Presentations
- Design of Hydrogen Pipeline Delivery Networks with Survivability and Uncertainty- Chen, Fan, and Ogden
- Home and Neighborhood Refueling as a New Paradigm for Hydrogen Vehicles - Li and Ogden
- Implications of Converging Fuels and Electricity Supplies in California - McCarthy, Yang, and Ogden
- Interregional Refueling Availability and the Purchase Decision for Hydrogen - Nicholas and Ogden
- Multi-path Transportation Futures Study: Analysis of Fuel Production Study - Ogden, McCollum, Murphy, and Zheng
- Multistage System Planning for Hydrogen Production and Distribution - Huang, Johnson, and Fan
- Utilization of Wind Energy in the Galapagos - Kornbluth, Hinokuma, and MacCaffrey
Donald Gautier, USGS geologist, presents on petroleum in the arctic