Assessing the emission impacts from the introduction of hydrogen in the road transport sector - Results from the HYSCENE project

This paper focuses on the emission estimation part of the research project HYSCENE, which is currently being carried out in Denmark. The aim is to improve the understanding of the environmental and health impacts, and related socio-cultural and welfare economic impacts of a renewable energy system where hydrogen is an important element. The fuel shift towards hydrogen brings down the road transport consumption of fossil fuels by 2%, 24% and 79%, respectively, in the scenario years 2015, 2030 and 2050. For greenhouse gases, large national emission reductions are expected, and locally, decreasing vehicle emissions in urban streets are predicted in the case of Copenhagen for NOx and PM2.5. On a country scale, however, the H2 scenario results conversely show higher PM2.5 emissions compared with the baseline situation, mainly due to the increased use of biomass in residential stoves. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141518.

• Corporate Authors:

  Technical University Graz

  Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics, Inffeldgrasse 25
  A-8010 Graz,   Austria 
• Authors:
  • WINTHER, M
  • NIELSEN, O K
  • JENSEN, M T
  • PLEJDRUP, M S
  • ILLERUP, J B
  • JORGENSEN, K
  • KARLSSON, K
• Conference:
  • 16th International Transport and Air Pollution Congress
  • Location: Graz , Austria
  • Date: 2008-6-0
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon dioxide; Conferences; Evaluation; Highway transportation; Hydrogen; Networks; Nitrogen oxides; Particulates; Pollutants; Roads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Denmark
• ITRD Terms: 7393: Carbon dioxide; 8525: Conference; 8028: Denmark; 2442: Emission; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 7187: Hydrogen; 7380: Nitrogen oxide; 2462: Particulate matter; 1053: Road network; 1142: Road transport
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; I15: Environment; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01323075
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 22 2010 8:36AM