December 5, 2003

"Well-to-Wheels Energy and Emission Effects of Fuel-Cell Vehicles Powered with Different Fuels."


The Urban Transportation Center, and the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy invite you to a seminar this Friday, December 5, at 11 AM.
Details are as follows:

Date: December 5, 2003
Time: 11 AM
Location:
UTC Conference Room
412 South Peoria Street
Suite 340
Chicago, IL 60607.

Speaker:
Dr. Michael Wang
Center for Transportation Research
Argonne National Laboratory

Topic: Well-to-Wheels Energy and Emission Effects of Fuel-Cell Vehicles Powered with Different Fuels.

Abstract
Fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs) are being promoted for their energy and emission reduction benefits. When FCVs are powered with hydrogen, they do not generate emissions during vehicle operation. When they are powered with hydrocarbon fuels with on-board fuel processors, they could generate some amount of emissions. However, production and distribution of hydrogen (and hydrocarbon fuels) consume energy and produce emissions. In order to fully evaluate energy and emission benefits of FCVs, their energy and emissions must be evaluated on the well-to-wheels (WTW) basis.

Argonne has developed the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation (GREET) model. The GREET model enables analysts to evaluate WTW energy and emissions effects of various vehicle/fuel systems, including FCVs. With the GREET model, Argonne, and together with several industry partners, analyzed WTW energy and emissions of advanced vehicle/fuel systems. Argonne applied the GREET model to analyze energy use and emissions of propulsion systems such as hybrid electric vehicles and FCVs and fuels such as gasoline, diesel, hydrogen (gaseous liquid, produced from various energy feedstocks with different propulsion technologies), ethanol, and compressed natural gas. This presentation summarizes updated results of well-to-wheels energy and emission effects of fuel-cell vehicles powered with different fuels.