A techno-economic analysis of decentralized electrolytic hydrogen production for fuel cell vehicles

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1159-1179

  Prince Richard, S ^a   Whale, M ^a,b   Djilali, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b National Bank Financial   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decentralized electrolysis; Electricity price; Fuel cell vehicle fuelling; GHG emission valuation; Hydrogen competitiveness; Hydrogen storage; Techno economics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROLYSIS; FUEL CELLS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION;

DECENTRALIZED ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRICITY PRICE; FUEL CELL VEHICLE FUELLING; GHG EMISSION VALUATION; HYDROGEN COMPETITIVENESS; HYDROGEN STORAGES; TECHO-ECONOMICS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 22244468692     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2005.04.055     Document Type: Article

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