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Fuel Choice for Fuel Cell Vehicles

Project Summary

Full Title: Guidance for Transportation Technologies: Fuel Choice for Fuel Cell Vehicles
Project ID: 74
Principal Investigator: Stephen Lasher
Brief Description: Arthur D. Little analyzed well-to-wheel energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, cost, and safety of direct-hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and competing vehicle technologies in support of the DOE R&D target-setting process.
Keywords: Well-to-wheels (WTW); fuel cell vehicles (FCV); cost; greenhouse gases (GHG); emissions

Purpose

Establish and support R&D targets for direct-hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) based on well-to-wheel comparison to reformer-based FCVs and other vehicles.

Performer

Principal Investigator: Stephen Lasher
Organization:TIAX, LLC
Address:15 Acorn Park
Cambridge, MA 02140
Telephone:617-498-6108
Email:lasher.stephen@tiaxllc.com
Additional Performers: Johannes Thijssen, TIAX; Stefan Unnasch, TIAX

Sponsor(s)

Name:Peter Devlin
Organization:DOE/OTT
Telephone:202-586-4905
Email:Peter.Devlin@ee.doe.gov

Period of Performance

End: February 2002

Project Description

Type of Project: Analysis
Category: Well-to-Wheels
Objectives: Support refined R&D targets for direct-hydrogen fuel cell vehicles based on an analysis of well-to-wheel energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, cost, and safety of direct-hydrogen FCVs and competing vehicle technologies. Assess opportunities and risks of various FCV and fuel choices, specifically hydrogen, comparing the technical, efficiency, economic, safety, and financial risks of each option with onboard reforming of gasoline.
Data Used/Contributing Research:
  • GREET model assumptions; Arthur D. Little in-house information; literature review; Energy Information Administration commodity energy price estimates.
Outputs: Well-to-wheel performance and cost; fuel and vehicle ownership costs; potential safety issues for each of the fuel chains; targets for the DOE’s direct-hydrogen FCV program
Timeframe Studied: 2010

Products/Deliverables

 

  • Description: FY 2002 Progress Report
    Publication Title: FY 2002 DOE Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program Progress Report
    Article/Abstract Title: IV.F.3 Guidance for Transportation Technologies: Fuel Choice for Fuel Cell Vehicles
    Page number(s): 522
    Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy
    Author Name(s): Lasher, Stephen; Thijssen, Johannes; Unnasch, Stefan
    (PDF 1.4 MB) Download Adobe Reader.
    Publication Date: November 2002

  • Description: Final Report
    Publication Title: Guidance for Transportation Technologies: Fuel Choice for Fuel Cell Vehicles: Final Report
    Publication Notes: Phase II Final Deliverable to DOE
    (PDF 2.4 MB) Download Adobe Reader.
    Publication Date: February 2002

  • Description: FY 2001 Progress Report
    Publication Title: FY 2001 DOE Fuels for Advanced CIDI Engines and Fuel Cells Progress Report
    Article/Abstract Title: VII.C Guidance for Transportation Technologies: Fuel Choice for Fuel Cell Vehicles
    Page number(s): 98
    Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy
    Author Name(s): Lasher, Stephen; Thijssen, Johannes; Unnasch, Stefan
    (PDF 1.9 MB) Download Adobe Reader.
    Publication Date: November 2001


Date Last Updated: 02/15/2006