Design for manufacturing and assembly cost estimate methodology for transportation fuel cell systems

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  James, Brian D ^a   Spisak, Andrew B ^a   Colella, Whitney G ^a  

^a Energy Services Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

assembly cost; automotive applications; balance of plant (BOP); capital cost; car; design for manufacturing and analysis (DFMA); fuel cell; fuel cell stack; manufacturing cost; mass production; materials cost; polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM); tooling cost; transportation systems

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; AUTOMOBILE ENGINE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COST ESTIMATING; COST REDUCTION; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY; FUEL CELLS; FUEL SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RAILROAD CARS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

ASSEMBLY COSTS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; BALANCE OF PLANT; CAPITAL COSTS; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; FUEL CELL STACK; MANUFACTURING COST; MASS PRODUCTION; MATERIALS COSTS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; TOOLING COSTS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894550587     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025624     Document Type: Article

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