Energy Efficiency Analysis of a Fuel Cell Bus Model Using Real Scenarios Generated by Data Collection

Horațiu Cărăușan, Bogdan Ovidiu Varga, Dan Moldovanu, Gabriel Prunean () and Ioan-Tudor Oargă
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Horațiu Cărăușan: Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, B-dul Muncii 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Bogdan Ovidiu Varga: Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, B-dul Muncii 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dan Moldovanu: Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, B-dul Muncii 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Gabriel Prunean: Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, B-dul Muncii 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ioan-Tudor Oargă: Department of Automotive Engineering and Transports, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, B-dul Muncii 103-105, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Modernizing public transportation is crucial, given the ongoing call for sustainable mobility. Growing concerns about climate change and the increasingly stringent emissions standards have compelled public transport operators to embrace alternative propulsion vehicles on a broader scale. For the past years, the Battery Electric Buses (BEBs) have been the vehicle of choice for public transportation. However, an emerging contender in this sector is the Fuel Cell Electric Bus (FCEB). This paper aims to evaluate the way one such vehicle would perform in terms of energy efficiency while being exploited in an urban scenario generated from collected data.

Keywords: fuel cell buses; battery electric buses; energy efficiency; energy analysis; hydrogen; data collection; public transportation; urban scenario (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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