A hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle (HICEV) is a type of
hydrogen vehicle using an internal combustion engine.
Not exact matches
While fuel - cell
vehicles are available on the market currently, they aren't
used commonly right now because it is complicated to recharge the
hydrogen fuel cells, says Rinebold.
The move is designed to increase the
use of zero - emissions
vehicles, or ZEVs: plug - in electrics, hybrid plug - ins and
hydrogen fuel cell cars.
But he also advocates starting work on
hydrogen technology because in the long run fuel - cell
vehicles that
use «clean»
hydrogen would reduce emissions.
The group found that although fuel - cell
vehicles would produce zero greenhouse - gas emissions during
use, the extraction and refinement of
hydrogen fuel would release three to five times as much carbon into the air as is released in procuring and refining gasoline and diesel.
Burned or
used in fuel cells,
hydrogen is an appealing option for powering future automotive
vehicles for several reasons.
The work, which appears in the November 27, 2014, edition of Science Express, points to new avenues for producing single - site supported gold catalysts that could produce high - grade
hydrogen for cleaner energy
use in fuel - cell powered devices, including
vehicles.
Very efficient
vehicles can get most of the same benefits without
hydrogen by
using today's gasoline / hybrid propulsion.
«Our process also has an important advantage over battery or gaseous -
hydrogen powered
vehicle technologies as many of the hydrocarbon products from our reaction are exactly what we
use in cars, trucks and planes, so there would be no need to change the current fuel distribution system,» said Frederick MacDonnell, UTA interim chair of chemistry and biochemistry and co-principal investigator of the project.
Over the years, Easley produced code that went on to be
used in renewable energy research, including batteries for early hybrid
vehicles, as well as for the high - thrust liquid oxygen / liquid
hydrogen Centaur rocket
used to get space capsules into orbit.
The liquid
hydrogen / oxygen (LH2 / LOX) fuel can be
used to fill the tanks of manned
vehicles travelling between Earth and Mars.
Hydrogen is clean - burning, producing only water vapor as waste, so fuel - cell vehicles using hydrogen will be zero - emission, an important factor given the need to reduce air po
Hydrogen is clean - burning, producing only water vapor as waste, so fuel - cell
vehicles using hydrogen will be zero - emission, an important factor given the need to reduce air po
hydrogen will be zero - emission, an important factor given the need to reduce air pollution.
The blue ovals (pictured above left) are residue from the main engines of the space shuttle launch
vehicle, which
used liquid
hydrogen and liquid oxygen (pictured below).
We can also store the leftover renewable energy in the form of compressed
hydrogen for a later
use when the electrical demand is higher, or as fuel for
vehicles,» Serra adds.
Results of the investigation have numerous
uses in the field of
hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles as well as the chemical industry, as this new method is capable of generating
hydrogen from methane gas and electricity in just one step and with near - zero energy loss.
Long has been exploring MOFs as gas adsorbers for a decade, hoping to
use them to capture carbon dioxide emitted from power plants or store
hydrogen in
hydrogen - fueled
vehicles, or to catalyze gas reactions for industry.
«Gas storage materials can be
used in a range of applications, including gas sensors and
hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles,» says Professor Baek.
Stein says graphene oxide nanoscrolls could also be
used as ultralight chemical sensors, drug delivery
vehicles, and
hydrogen storage platforms, in addition to water filters.
Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient
use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and
hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel
vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.
The first unmanned
vehicle to land would
use surplus
hydrogen to stimulate chemical processes with the Martian atmosphere to generate fuel and water and oxygen for the astronauts to access when they arrive next.
One of the most promising ideas for storing renewable energy is to
use the excess electricity generated from renewables to split water into oxygen and
hydrogen; the
hydrogen can then be fed into fuel - cell
vehicles.
The
hydrogen station includes multiple types of mechanical compressors and storage tanks that can be
used to simulate material handling or light - duty
vehicle end -
uses of
hydrogen.
They
use computer diagnostic equipment to fix cars, and learn the green technologies of hybrid
vehicles and
hydrogen fuel cells.
Not widely
used today, current government and industry research and development are investigating safe and economical
hydrogen production and
hydrogen vehicles.
The Mirai is the culmination of 20 years worth of research into
hydrogen fuel - cell
vehicles, and underneath the dramatic bodywork (and the Lexus ct200h / Toyota Prius platform) is a powertrain that takes compressed
hydrogen and pushes it through membranes that separate the electrons from the
hydrogen,
using them to power an electric motor that drives the front wheels like in a regular electric car.
Only 100 cars were made, which were leased to high - profile customers, in order to promote the
use of
hydrogen vehicles.
The Chevrolet Equinox Fuel cell
vehicle uses hydrogen for fuel with water as its only exhaust.
Honda has delivered these
vehicles to individual retail consumers in the US and collected valuable feedback concerning real - world
use of both fuel cell
vehicles and public
hydrogen refueling stations.
The fuel cell combines the
hydrogen — which has to be pumped into the
vehicle and stored in a tank — with oxygen from the outside air, and
uses this to generate electricity to run the car's electric motor.
The 2005 Honda FCX, Honda's second - generation,
hydrogen - powered fuel - cell
vehicle, has been certified by the Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board for commercial
use.
Chicago area drivers now have reason to be especially excited about the potential for
vehicles that
use fuel cells, since Honda and GM have recently announced a partnership to co-develop next - generation fuel cell and
hydrogen - storage technologies by 2020.
Two
hydrogen fuel - cell - powered
vehicles have emerged from Dutch labs recently: the HydroGEM, a fuel - cell powered version of a GEM Neighborhood Electric
Vehicle (NEV), built
using a Dutch fuel - cell stack; and the Fhybrid scooter.
Not only does the project help the military, it gives GM an investor to help fund its R&D on
hydrogen fuel cell technology, which could eventually be
used in passenger
vehicles.
Honda has delivered these
vehicles to individual retail consumers in the U.S. and collected valuable feedback concerning real - world
use of both fuel cell
vehicles and public
hydrogen refueling stations.
Components from the modular electric -
vehicle architecture that underpins the new crossover will be
used by Daimler's future plug - in hybrid and
hydrogen - electric models as well.
[37] The Alfa Romeo MiTo Fuel Cell car
uses a Nuvera Fuel Cell stack combined with a compact Li - ion traction battery pack to supply power to the electric motor;
vehicle has top speed of 150 km / h (93 mph) and can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers in 10 seconds, with
hydrogen consumption of 3.2 liters diesel equivalent / 100 km (74 mpg US) and a range of 450 kilometers (280 miles) in NEDC, thanks to 700 bar H2 tanks.»
Joining them on the Mazda stand will be a Mazda5
Hydrogen RE Hybrid concept vehicle — powered by a RENESIS hydrogen rotary dual - fuel - engine that can use hydrogen or gasoline, and offering both Zoom - Zoom driving pleasure and outstanding eco-frien
Hydrogen RE Hybrid concept
vehicle — powered by a RENESIS
hydrogen rotary dual - fuel - engine that can use hydrogen or gasoline, and offering both Zoom - Zoom driving pleasure and outstanding eco-frien
hydrogen rotary dual - fuel - engine that can
use hydrogen or gasoline, and offering both Zoom - Zoom driving pleasure and outstanding eco-frien
hydrogen or gasoline, and offering both Zoom - Zoom driving pleasure and outstanding eco-friendliness.
According to Jaguar's point man in the development of the I - Pace EV SUV, the whole process of producing
hydrogen and them compressing and cooling them for
use in a fuel cell
vehicle is a lot less efficient compared to outrightly
using electric energy.
Hydrogen can be
used in the future as a source of energy for fuel - cell
vehicles or, in an additional step, can be
used to manufacture methane.
We already have
hydrogen fuel cell electric
vehicles on the road (FCEV) which
use electricity generated by
hydrogen to power an electric motor, including the Toyota Mirai -LSB-...]
The system has been specifically designed to be «future proof» and is readily adaptable to
use in both full - electric and
hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles.
The
vehicle generated power
using only compressed bottled
hydrogen and oxygen from the desert air.
A standardized unit of measure, the global warming index (GWI) namely the grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of fuel delivered to the
vehicle (gCO2e / MJ) is to be reported, adjusted, of course, for differences in the in -
use energy efficiency of different fuels (e.g., gasoline versus diesel, versus natural gas or
hydrogen).
Fuel cell
vehicles use hydrogen gas to power an electric motor.
So, what if all transportation
vehicles / engines currently
using diesel, petrol / gasoline, LPG, or Natural gas were over-time progressively converted to either purely rechargeable EVs or
Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs or
Hydrogen Fueled HICEVs or HYBRID rechargeable EVs combined with
Hydrogen Fuel Cell / HICEVs between 2030 to 2050 across the entire world?
A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty
vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient
vehicles; the
use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and
hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.
Also, it is inefficient to
use electricity to generate
hydrogen, transport the
hydrogen, and turn it back into electricity in
vehicles powered by fuel cells.
We now know the cost of producing and delivering
hydrogen for
use in Fuel Cell
vehicles (FCVs) is exorbitant, and should preclude the
use of FCVs.
The Tri-Gen plant will produce enough
hydrogen to power about 1,500
vehicles on an average daily
use cycle (Credit: Toyota)
The Tri-Gen plant will produce enough
hydrogen to power about 1,500
vehicles on an average daily
use cycle