Fuel cells for automotive applications: overview
Conference
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OSTI ID:6873091
Projections are made of fuel cell technology for vehicular use. The fuel used to provide hydrogen to a phosphoric acid fuel cell is assumed to be methanol. Experimental performance data for a golf cart is discussed. The design, economics, and predicted performance for a fuel cell retrofitted x-car with lead-acid batteries for peaking power, are described. The technical and economic feasibility of using fuel cells in city buses, vans and passenger cars are examined. It is concluded that the fuel cell/battery hybrid vehicle will have the advantages of high efficiency, i.e., 53% improvement in fuel economy, long fuel cell life, performance comparable to IC engine vehicles, low maintenance, petroleum fuel conservation, low pollution, and quiet operation. From a comparison of the lifetime costs of conventional vehicles versus fuel cell vehicles, it is concluded that commercialization of fuel cells for buses is most feasible followed by van and automobile applications. (LCL)
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6873091
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-81-373; CONF-801242-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330400* -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Hybrid Systems
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ALCOHOLS
AUTOMOBILES
BUSES
COMMERCIALIZATION
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FUEL CELLS
FUEL ECONOMY
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
METALS
METHANOL
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORIC ACID
PLATINUM
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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
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330500 -- Advanced Propulsion Systems-- Flywheel Propulsion
ACID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS
ALCOHOLS
AUTOMOBILES
BUSES
COMMERCIALIZATION
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FUEL CELLS
FUEL ECONOMY
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
METALS
METHANOL
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORIC ACID
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
VANS
VEHICLES