Hydrogen as a future transportation fuel

Gene D. Berry, Alan D. Pasternak, Glenn D. Rambach, J. Ray Smith and Robert N. Schock

Energy, 1996, vol. 21, issue 4, 289-303

Abstract: A smooth transition from a petroleum-driven transportation system to clean-burning automobiles with the performance and range of today's gasoline cars is plausible using high-efficiency hydrogen-fueled hybrid-electric vehicles. The introduction of hydrogen (H2) vehicles will reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports, virtually eliminate automotive urban air pollution, accelerate the development of cost-effective renewable energy, and help stabilize greenhouse-gas emissions. Based on an economic and technical analysis, H2 vehicles, when first introduced, can be cost-competitive with battery-powered electric vehicles. As market penetration increases, H2-vehicle fueling costs would become competitive with the fueling costs of today's gasoline vehicles (5 ¢/mi). Hydrogen production at filling stations, vehicle fleets, and homes would circumvent many start-up issues and would use existing natural gas and/or electricity energy infrastructures to begin the transition towards a clean, flexible, sustainable, and secure transportation fuel.

Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(95)00104-2

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