434
Index
power-conditioning unit, 337
power generation steps, 337
hydrogen
efficiency, 326
greenhouse gases, 326
IC engines, 326
tank-to-wheel path, 326
integration
hydrogen storage, 342
ICEVs, 342
onboard PEFC, 342
system design and, 342
market
cost projection, 355–356
gasoline power trains, 356
ICEVs, 356–357
lowering system costs, R&D
program, 357
materials and fabrication
methods, 355
nonplatinum catalysts, 356
platinum catalysts, 356
power trains, 356
U.S. DOE, 356
Nissan
high-pressure storage cylinder,
354
X-TRAIL FCV 2003 model, 354
passenger vehicles, efficiency, 326
PEFC
advantages, 325
chemical degradation, 326
CO levels and operating
temperature, drawbacks, 327
composition, 325
conventional low-temperature,
stacks, 327
hydrogen fuel and oxidant air, 325
limitations, 325
methanol/gasoline-fuel, 325
technical specifications, 325
power and energy requirements
burst-power, hill climbing
car, 324
drive wheel, expression of, 323
heating value, diesel and
gasoline-fuel, 324–325
modern medium-size car, 324
Newtonian mechanics, 323
potential and kinetic energies,
changes rate, 323
tire friction and aerodynamic
drag, 323–324
traction systems, 324
velocity, 324
powered buses (see Fuel–cell
powered buses)
power train configurations
auxiliary energy storage
system, 344
DC/AC inverter system, 345
demonstrations, 349
emissions, 348
heavy-duty, fuel–cell powered
transit bus, 346
HEVs, 347–348
hybrid fuel–cell based
drivetrain, 347
hybridized power system, 345
ICE/battery hybrids, 348
nonhybridized topology, 345
output of electrical/mechanical
energy, 344
passenger car, fuel-cell based
power system, 345–346
secondary converters, 344–345
stack, 348
SOFCs
advantages, PEFCs, 327
automotives, use, 327
characterization, 327
intermediate temperature (IT), 327
tubular and planar, 327
technical issues
ammonia borane, 344
carbon nanotubes and metal
hydrides, 344
compactness, 342–343
efficiency, PEFC stacks, 342
freezing problem, 343
heat energy, 343
humidifier, 343
hydrogen supply
infrastructure, 344
ICE, coolant temperature, 344
ionic conductivity, PEFC, 343
PEFCs, status and target,
342–343
Index
power-conditioning unit, 337
power generation steps, 337
hydrogen
efficiency, 326
greenhouse gases, 326
IC engines, 326
tank-to-wheel path, 326
integration
hydrogen storage, 342
ICEVs, 342
onboard PEFC, 342
system design and, 342
market
cost projection, 355–356
gasoline power trains, 356
ICEVs, 356–357
lowering system costs, R&D
program, 357
materials and fabrication
methods, 355
nonplatinum catalysts, 356
platinum catalysts, 356
power trains, 356
U.S. DOE, 356
Nissan
high-pressure storage cylinder,
354
X-TRAIL FCV 2003 model, 354
passenger vehicles, efficiency, 326
PEFC
advantages, 325
chemical degradation, 326
CO levels and operating
temperature, drawbacks, 327
composition, 325
conventional low-temperature,
stacks, 327
hydrogen fuel and oxidant air, 325
limitations, 325
methanol/gasoline-fuel, 325
technical specifications, 325
power and energy requirements
burst-power, hill climbing
car, 324
drive wheel, expression of, 323
heating value, diesel and
gasoline-fuel, 324–325
modern medium-size car, 324
Newtonian mechanics, 323
potential and kinetic energies,
changes rate, 323
tire friction and aerodynamic
drag, 323–324
traction systems, 324
velocity, 324
powered buses (see Fuel–cell
powered buses)
power train configurations
auxiliary energy storage
system, 344
DC/AC inverter system, 345
demonstrations, 349
emissions, 348
heavy-duty, fuel–cell powered
transit bus, 346
HEVs, 347–348
hybrid fuel–cell based
drivetrain, 347
hybridized power system, 345
ICE/battery hybrids, 348
nonhybridized topology, 345
output of electrical/mechanical
energy, 344
passenger car, fuel-cell based
power system, 345–346
secondary converters, 344–345
stack, 348
SOFCs
advantages, PEFCs, 327
automotives, use, 327
characterization, 327
intermediate temperature (IT), 327
tubular and planar, 327
technical issues
ammonia borane, 344
carbon nanotubes and metal
hydrides, 344
compactness, 342–343
efficiency, PEFC stacks, 342
freezing problem, 343
heat energy, 343
humidifier, 343
hydrogen supply
infrastructure, 344
ICE, coolant temperature, 344
ionic conductivity, PEFC, 343
PEFCs, status and target,
342–343