Fuel cell hybrid taxi life cycle analysis

被引:51
作者
Baptista, Patricia [1 ]
Ribau, Joao [1 ]
Bravo, Joao [1 ]
Silva, Carla [1 ]
Adcock, Paul [2 ]
Kells, Ashley [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Inst Super Tecn, IDMEC, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal
[2] Intelligent Energy, Loughborough LE11 3GR, Leics, England
关键词
London Taxis; Fuel cell hybrid vehicle; Life Cycle Analysis; EMISSIONS; ENERGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.064
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
A small fleet of classic London Taxis (Black cabs) equipped with hydrogen fuel cell power systems is being prepared for demonstration during the 2012 London Olympics. This paper presents a Life Cycle Analysis for these vehicles in terms of energy consumption and CO2 emissions, focusing on the impacts of alternative vehicle technologies for the Taxi, combining the fuel life cycle (Tank-to-Wheel and Well-to-Tank) and vehicle materials Cradle-to-Grave. An internal combustion engine diesel taxi was used as the reference vehicle for the currently available technology. This is compared to battery and fuel cell vehicle configurations. Accordingly, the following energy pathways are compared: diesel, electricity and hydrogen (derived from natural gas steam reforming). Full Life Cycle Analysis, using the PCO-CENEX drive cycle, (derived from actual London Taxi drive cycles) shows that the fuel cell powered vehicle configurations have lower energy consumption (4.34 MJ/km) and CO2 emissions (235 g/km) than both the ICE Diesel (9.54 MJ/km and 738 g/km) and the battery electric vehicle (5.81 MJ/km and 269 g/km). (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:4683 / 4691
页数:9
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