Hydrogen vehicles transport

Ford Motor Company. (1997). Direct Ilydrogcn-Fuclcd Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System for Transportation Applications Hydrogen Vehicle... 

Transition to hydrogen in the transport DP sector complete market for hydrogen and hydrogen vehicles... 

Transport scene setting and fuel consumption of hydrogen vehicles In 2005, in total there were 45.4 million passenger cars, 1.8 million LDVs and 87 000 buses on the roads in Germany (Prognos/EWI, 2005). It is assumed that the number... 

The discussions in the preceeding sections have shown the bandwidth of social problems of today s transport system. In the following, it will be discussed which of these impacts are affected by the introduction of hydrogen vehicles. Here, impacts may be positive or negative. 

Hydrogen vehicles have no effect on the development of congestion, land use due to transport infrastructure and accidents. Whereas the first two points are behind any discussion, some people argue that the introduction of hydrogen vehicles could increase the level of accidents because these propulsion systems produce less noise than internal combustion engines. Up to now there is no empirical evidence to confirm or reject this point. Further, this argumentation seems to be critical because -as the discussion in Section 19.3 has clearly shown - noise is a serious social problem of transportation and much better technical solutions may exist to reduce the level of accidents instead of producing a permanent level of noise. An example is the development of video-based assistant systems, which warn the driver of pedestrians and bikers. 

Positive impacts of hydrogen vehicles can be expected in impacts of climate changes, local emissions and noise. These impacts will be discussed in detail in the following sections. However, some new problems could be identified by the introduction of hydrogen as a fuel in the transport sector, which will be treated later on in this chapter. 

Figure 19.7. Development of the penetration rate of hydrogen vehicles for passenger transport (scenarios of HyWays, 2007, see Chapter 14).

Ford Motor Co., Direct-hydrogen-fueled proton-exchange membrane fuel ceU system for transportation applications hydrogen vehicle safety report, D.T. Inc., ed., Arlington,VA (1997). 

The European Commission set up a stakeholder Contact Croup in 2002 to advice technical and economic developments and to promote the use of alternative fuels for road transport, including natural gas and hydrogen. The Contact Croup conducted an in-depth study of options for motor fuels for achieving a 20% substitution of diesel and gasoline by these alternative fuels. They provided their views on the potential market penetration of 5% hydrogen vehicles... 

Fuel Cells (vehicles and electricity generation) Hydrogen production, transportation, distribution and use... 

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