The use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel has been suggested as a key element in promoting the improvement of urban air quality and to reduce GHG emissions, while diversifying and guaranteeing the security of energy sources supply. Several projects have been undertaken to develop a strategy towards a European hydrogen-based transport system. The present paper describes the part of two of those projects: CUTE and HYFLEET:CUTE, sponsored by European Commission's 6th Framework Research Programme, involving several partners, mainly from industry, governments, academic and transport operators. The CUTE project was officially closed on March 2006, while HyFLEET:CUTE is an ongoing project. Both projects have the objective of developing and demonstrating a hydrogen based public transport system. This paper will look at the main conclusions of CUTE project and at the life-cycle analysis of the hydrogen used in the filling station and the fuel cell buses that ran in the city of Porto. The life-cycle analysis covers al phases from production, transport, and storage of hydrogen, up to the operation in the municipal fleet. This included the study of the energy efficiencies and environmental impact (the so called well-to-tank and tank-to-wheel studies) of different hydrogen production pathways. Regarding the bus operation, the energy and environmental vehicle performance is assessed and compared with current technologies. Furthermore, in the framework of the Hyfleet:CUTE project, a new filling station was built by the French oil company Total in Berlin that uses on-site hydrogen production with a LPG reforming system, combined with liquid hydrogen trucked from a Linde factory. The municipal fleet vehicles used are built by MAN and use an internal combustion engine and compressed hydrogen storage.
CUTE Hydrogen Bus Project: Findings and Extension to Hyfleet
Transportation Land Use, Planning, and Air Quality Congress 2007 ; 2007 ; Orlando, Florida, United States
2008-05-15
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Planning , Energy , Land use , Transportation management , Air quality , Buses , Emissions , Portugal
CUTE Hydrogen Bus Project: Findings and Extension to Hyfleet
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