Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Electric Hybrid Truck Demonstration (Final Technical Report)
- Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, TX (United States)
The purpose of the project was to demonstrate three (3) fully developed, operational, advanced vehicle technology prototypes for ON-ROAD goods movement applications. The major vehicle OEM for this demonstration was Navistar International Trucks, with the fuel cell and power control hybrid technology provided and integrated by US Hybrid. CEM was to provide independent data collection and analysis, while EDF would provide education, outreach, and communication for the project. GTI managed the partnership and arranged for hydrogen fuel for the demonstration. The drayage truck is used to transfer the cargo container from/to ports in a warehouse or logistic yard. For port facilities in the Port of Houston Area, as well as virtually all other ports, drayage trucks often queue for long periods, inching along at slow speeds to await loading and unloading. During this process, the trucks are essentially idle, with conventional diesel engines continuously running and producing accompanying emissions. The ZECT would essentially power off during idle periods, or at least utilize minimal electric energy. As such, range limitation by using a gaseous fuel would be mitigated by the fact that the vehicle is not using fuel during much of its duty cycle. The project team expected the vehicle range to be about 200 miles which is well within the duty cycle requirements of the original fleet partner, Richardson Trucking. The project was intended to demonstrate commercialization and production potential, and to clearly illustrate the selected vehicle technology’s potential to reduce GHG emissions and petroleum use if implemented widely. To achieve this, the project team proposed a two-year demonstration project in the Port of Houston area to assess and track vehicle performance, and evaluate fuel savings, petroleum reduction, and emissions reduction benefits of the prototype technology. Additional time at the front end of the project was required for vehicle and support infrastructure preparation. In June 2017 the remaining project partners, which now included Air Liquide, agreed that the project would be unlikely to move forward with the vehicle demonstration, primarily due to the lack of a viable cargo truck fleet partner in the Port of Houston area willing to make a sufficient commitment of resources to operate the vehicles for the demonstration.
- Research Organization:
- Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO)
- Contributing Organization:
- Gas Technologies Institute
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005978
- OSTI ID:
- 1496037
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-HGAC-5978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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