On the 30th, hydrogen is injected into vehicles after the completion ceremony of the charging station was held at the’Together Hydrogen Charging Station’ in Shinhwa-ro, Nam-gu, Ulsan./Ulsan City/
A charging station was installed in Ulsan for the first time in Korea to supply hydrogen through a pipe connected to the city center.
On the 30th, Ulsan City held a ceremony for the completion of the’Together Hydrogen Charging Station’ in the area around 101, Shinhwa-ro, Nam-gu. The charging station is a charging scale of 55 kg per hour, and construction began in February last year with a total project cost of 3 billion won.
This charging station can be supplied with hydrogen continuously through piping, so it can charge 130 hydrogen electric vehicles a day.
Ulsan City explained that the method of directly supplying hydrogen to a charging station through a supply pipe in the city center is the first case in Korea and is the third in the world after Japan and the United States.
Compared to the conventional method of supplying hydrogen with a vehicle (tube trailer), it is possible to transfer a large amount of water, which significantly increases the processing capacity of the charging station, reduces transportation costs, and prevents accidents.
Real-time monitoring is possible by introducing a safety management system applying an Internet of Things (ICT)-based sensor to the hydrogen charging station and the upper part of the pipe.
Ulsan City plans to build hydrogen pipes from the Onsan National Industrial Complex in the south through Taehwagang Station to the northern border of Gyeongju, and expand them to the eastern and western regions and the entire city.
Ulsan Mayor Song Chul-ho said, “We will expand the construction of hydrogen fueling stations so that all areas of Ulsan can be accessed within 10 minutes, and apply a precision monitoring safety management system.”
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