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Vehicles with fuel cells: dream or reality

Abstract

Elenco N.V. is developing a hydrogen/potassium hydroxide/air fuel cell system of 10-50 kw with a specific performance of 72 mw/sq cm and a practical operating life of 5000 hr, which will be available in 1981-82. A comparative cost study was performed for vehicles with 100% fuel cells, 100% batteries, hybrid systems of fuel cells combined with batteries that provide high power for acceleration, hydrogen combustion engines, and conventional diesel engines, for city bus fleets, light commercial vehicles, forklifts, and trucks in Holland and Belgium. Hybrid systems give the best economy and they should become competitive with diesel engines after 1990.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1979
Product Type:
Conference
Reference Number:
ERA-11-040760; EDB-86-127605
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Compend. - Dtsch. Ges. Mineraloelwiss. Kohlechem.; (German Democratic Republic); Journal Volume: 2; Conference: 26. DGMK annual meeting, Berlin, West Germany, 4-6 Oct 1978
Subject:
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUEL CELLS; MATRIX MATERIALS; SPECIFICATIONS; METAL-GAS BATTERIES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; MATERIALS; VEHICLES; 300502* - Fuel Cells- Performance & Testing; 300504 - Fuel Cells- Applications; 330300 - Advanced Propulsion Systems- Electric-Powered Systems; 250904 - Energy Storage- Batteries- Other Applications
OSTI ID:
5704816
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: CDGKD
Submitting Site:
JMT
Size:
Pages: 725-739
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

van den Broeck, H, and Hovestreydt, G. Vehicles with fuel cells: dream or reality. Germany: N. p., 1979. Web.
van den Broeck, H, & Hovestreydt, G. Vehicles with fuel cells: dream or reality. Germany.
van den Broeck, H, and Hovestreydt, G. 1979. "Vehicles with fuel cells: dream or reality." Germany.
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title = {Vehicles with fuel cells: dream or reality}
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abstractNote = {Elenco N.V. is developing a hydrogen/potassium hydroxide/air fuel cell system of 10-50 kw with a specific performance of 72 mw/sq cm and a practical operating life of 5000 hr, which will be available in 1981-82. A comparative cost study was performed for vehicles with 100% fuel cells, 100% batteries, hybrid systems of fuel cells combined with batteries that provide high power for acceleration, hydrogen combustion engines, and conventional diesel engines, for city bus fleets, light commercial vehicles, forklifts, and trucks in Holland and Belgium. Hybrid systems give the best economy and they should become competitive with diesel engines after 1990.}
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