Compressed-hydrogen tube trailer

Hydrogen tube trailers are semi-trailers that consist of 4 to 36 cluster high-pressure hydrogen tanks varying in length from for small tubes to on jumbo tube trailers. They are part of the hydrogen highway and usually precede a local hydrogen station.

Types

Modular tube trailer

Older tube trailers made of steel usually carry about per load, while new and more efficient composite trailers made of carbon fiber make it possible to carry up to per load. Modular tube trailers range from 8 to 54 tubes.

Intermediate trailer

Intermediate tubes are assembled in banks of 5 tubes in lengths of and provide mobile or stationary storage.

Jumbo tube trailer

A trailer with 10 tubes and a chassis, operating with pressures in excess of.

Composite tube trailers

As of 2012, the US Department of Transportation started to award Special Permits to different manufactures to produce Type IV Hydrogen trailers in the US. The US is the current leader in Composite tank manufacturing.
As in July 2016, Nishal Group has multiple cascade configurations in the form of cascade banks operating at.
In February 2018, CATEC Gases was awarded DOT certification to produce a, hydrogen tube trailer operating at.