| Title | A life cycle analysis of fuel cell vehicles for energy consumption and CO2 emissions |
| Dept | Transportation Energy and Environment Division |
| Year | 2016 |
| Month | 10 |
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| Summary | The alternative fuel vehicles technology has been developed substantially to accommodate the raising environmental awareness for the purpose of providing the general public a future with less energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Thus, to investigate the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of new modes with the perspective of life cycle is indeed inevitable.
This study introduced the technical issue of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), including the raw materials and production, manufacture and transportation, use and maintenance, discard and recycling, etc.The study showed you the status of development and government policies in the world. In addition to the technical presentation, also included the analysis of relevant category of energy consumption and CO2 at various stages of the life cycle. To clarify the total energy consumption in full life cycle and each stages, CO2 and the efficiency of Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction, we used the United States vehicle life cycle assessment model- GREET (The Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation Model), then adjust the part data to the local values to study and analyze. The result may be used as parameter for promoting fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) in the future. The results indicated that, In addition, from the life-cycle perspective, the energy consumption and CO2 emissions per kilometer of the fuel cell electric vehicles are still less than those of the gasoline vehicles. Fuel cell electric vehicles do not emit CO2 during the operation stage, and their energy consumption is less than that of the gasoline vehicles. The energy consumption and CO2 emissions during the other cycle stages (include Hydrogen generation/distribution process ) are relatively high compared with those process of gasoline. This study also drew up recommendations based upon the findings with the life-cycle perspective. We hope that the results could also be served as reference for the promotion of fuel cell vehicles in the future with less energy consumption and CO2 emissions. |
| Post date | 2016/10/27 |
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