The Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority (K-Petro) is participating in the transportation distribution market management after being designated as a dedicated hydrogen distribution agency this year.
It will enhance user convenience by upgrading its hydrogen fueling station information system (Hying).
It will also prepare a new emergency supply manual in consideration of possible supply problems.
K-Petro was designated as a dedicated hydrogen distribution organization in January 2024.
This greatly expanded its scope of work - petroleum quality inspections and distribution management - to include hydrogen distribution and trading.
In addition, K-Petro will oversee hydrogen distribution and trading, as well as other businesses stipulated by a Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy decree.
Accordingly, K-Petro has established the Hydrogen Distribution Management Center and placed the Hydrogen Strategy Team and Hydrogen Distribution Team under its umbrella.
Although hydrogen distribution is its main business, K-Petro has established two teams to discover new growth engines for the hydrogen industry and secure safety and competitiveness.
At the same time, it is in full swing to make an improvement to the field and systems and build hydrogen safety infrastructure.
The advancement of Hying is one of the projects that K-Petro has been working on since its designation as a dedicated hydrogen distribution organization.
“As the number of hydrogen buses and vehicles is on a sharp rise, we are upgrading Hying to improve its convenience,” said Kim Ji-min, head of K-Petro’s Hydrogen Strategy Team.
“We are building an upgraded system by reflecting various opinions from users and those in the field.”
The introduction of Hying dates to 2021. However, after more than three years of its implementation and the diversification of hydrogen vehicles, its inconvenience has increased little by little.
The Hydrogen Distribution Management Center of the Korea Petroleum Quality & Distribution Authority (K-Petro) inspects the current status of hydrogen charging stations through the hydrogen fueling station information system (Hying).
In response, K-Petro will not only expand Hying’s information and data but upgrade Hying to prevent problems in its supply process by segmenting information on those waiting and vehicles that charging station users have cited as inconveniences, analyzing the status of nationwide hydrogen distribution by time.
In addition, in consultation with automakers, it will be linked to navigation systems to make it easier to use.
K-Petro will launch Hying’s new features which include providing information on waiting vehicles separated by passenger cars and buses, expanding the notification function for charging station operation information and managing charging histories of hydrogen vehicle users.
K-Petro will also get rid of conveniences of hydrogen vehicle users by continuously reflecting the opinions of hydrogen vehicle users.
K-Petro is preparing an emergency supply manual for stable hydrogen distribution along with the enhancement of Hying.
According to K-Petro, the use of hydrogen for transportation is expanding from Nexo to hydrogen buses.
Production and use of hydrogen is diversifying with the establishment of liquefied hydrogen power plants.
In August, K-Petro asked an outside agency to research on the transportation hydrogen distribution system as there were changes in the existing transportation hydrogen distribution system such as the diversification of transportation methods and rising prices due to the transportation of large-capacity hydrogen (liquefied hydrogen and others) and the partial subsidization of fuel costs.
K-Petro officials are conducting on-site inspections of hydrogen manufacturing and distribution facilities. Based on this, it will map out a plan to diagnose and manage the transportation hydrogen distribution system.
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