Life cycle assessment of hydrogen fuel cell and gasoline vehicles

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-352

  Granovskii, Mikhail ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Life cycle assessment; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTROLYSIS; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; SOLAR ENERGY;

CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 30944470006     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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