Life Cycle Analysis of Vehicles for Canada
Project Summary
| Full Title: |
Life Cycle Analysis of Vehicles Powered by a Fuel Cell and by Internal Combustion Engine for Canada |
| Project ID: |
117 |
| Principal Investigator: |
Xianguo Li |
Purpose
In this study, a full life cycle analysis of an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) and a fuel cell vehicle (FCV) has been carried out. The impact of the material and fuel used in the vehicle on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions is analyzed for Canada. Four different methods of obtaining hydrogen were analyzed; using coal and nuclear power to produce electricity and extraction of hydrogen through electrolysis and via steam reforming of natural gas in a natural gas plant and in a hydrogen refueling station.
Performer
| Principal Investigator: |
Xianguo Li |
| Organization: | University of Waterloo |
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| Address: | 200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON, Canada, |
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| Telephone: | (519) 888-4567 ext. 36843 |
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| Email: | X6li@uwaterloo.ca |
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| Additional Performers: |
Nada Zamel, University of Waterloo
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Contact (If Other Than PI)
| Name: | Nada Zamel |
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| Address: |
Nada.zamel@gmail.com |
Period of Performance
| Start: |
September 2004
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| End: |
December 2004
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Project Description
| Type of Project: |
Analysis |
| Category: |
Environmental, Hydrogen Fuel Pathways, Vehicle Options, Well-to-Wheels |
| Technologies Considered: |
Fuel cell vehicles; internal combustion engine vehicles; coal electricity generation; nuclear electricity generation; electrolysis; steam reforming of natural gas |
| Models Used: |
GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) Model |
| Timeframe Studied: |
2004 - 2010 |
Products/Deliverables
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Description: Technical Journal Article
Publication Title: Journal of Power Sources
Article/Abstract Title: Life cycle analysis of vehicles powered by a fuel cell and by internal combustion engine for Canada
Page number(s): 297
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Author Name(s): Zamel, Nada; Li, Xianguo
Publication Date:
April 2006
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Date Last Updated: 03/06/2008
