Sustainability aspects of hydrogen and fuel cell systems

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-146

  Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Rosen, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Environment; Exergy; Fuel cell; Hydrogen; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENGINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FUEL SYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEN; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LIFE CYCLE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; VEHICLES;

EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; HYDROGEN ENERGY SYSTEMS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

FUEL CELLS;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; EXERGY; FUEL CELL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROGEN; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79957518145     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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