Fuel cell systems for passenger cars - opportunities and requirements [electronic resource].

Published:: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1996.
Physical Description:: pages 266-269 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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From the point of view of energy density, handling and economy, present-day motor fuels are superior to all known alternatives. The internal combustion engine powered by them satisfies the requirements of customers to an excellent degree. The search for alternatives can therefore only be justified if emissions can be avoided totally and non-fossil primary energy sources can be used or at least partially our dependence on mineral oil can be reduced. What was long suspected has been increasingly confirmed, not least by developments at BMW: electricity (stored in batteries) and hydrogen offer the best prerequisites for achieving these goals in the long term. These forms of energy can be produced in sufficient quantities and with relatively little effect on the environment. They promise to produce an absolute minimum of pollutants when used in vehicles. Natural gas, which is very similar to hydrogen, and hybrid systems, that would compensate for battery risks, could perform a valuable function in the transitional phase.

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E 1.99:conf-961107--absts.
conf-961107--absts.

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1996.
"conf-961107--absts."
"TI97001494"
Fuel cell seminar, Kissimmee, FL (United States), 17-20 Nov 1996.
Tachtler, J.; Bourne, C.
Fuel Cell Seminar Organizing Committee (United States)

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