FUEL CELLS IN TRANSPORTATION

Fuel cells have been considered for use in transportation applications for a number of years. They are attractive because they offer a mode of reducing US dependency on petroleum. Fuel cell performance at present has been assessed for applicability to vehicle power plants. Types of fuels that might be used and their effect on selection of a fuel cell technology have been considered. Simulation of a city bus using a hybrid fuel cell/battery power plant indicates that adequate performance can be obtained with current technology.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at Annual Battery Conference on Application and Advances, Long Beach, California, 13 January 1987.
• Corporate Authors:

  Los Alamos National Laboratory

  P.O. Box 1663
  Los Alamos, NM  United States  87545
• Authors:
  • Huff, J R
  • Murray, H S
• Publication Date: 1987-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Electric buses; Electric power plants; Electric vehicles; Fuel cells; Hybrid vehicles; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472315
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: LA-UR-86-4296, CONF-870111-2
• Contract Numbers: W-7405-ENG-36
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1987 12:00AM