Integrated Fuel Cell System Efficiency, Dynamics, Costs

6 Integrated Fuel Cell System Efficiency, Dynamics, Costs 

Life cycle assessment studies demonstrate the potentialities of vehicles powered by fuel cells in terms of both total emission and energy consumption reduction [40-42]. 

In particular, while the global environmental benefits of hydrogen are essentially depending on the selected production technology (see Sect. 2.1), and the 

4 Design of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for Road Vehicles 

The FC power system could be practically applied in transportation field if it demonstrated to own some essential qualifications, not limited to energy efficiency, but extended to operation durability, also in terms of water neutrality, and to FCS dynamic response during start-up and variable driving requirement phases. 

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