Fuel cell vehicle

Fuel cell vehicle

A Fuel cell vehicle or FC vehicle (FCV) is any vehicle that uses a fuel cell to produce its on-board motive power. Fuel cells onboard the FC hydrogen vehicles create electricity using hydrogen fuel and oxygen from the air.

Efficiency

Using hydrogen in a fuel cell is nearly twice as efficient as in traditional internal combustion engines (ICE), which only have an efficiency of 15-25%.

Codes and standards

"Fuel cell vehicle" is a classification in FC Hydrogen codes and standards and fuel cell codes and standards [ [http://www.fuelcellstandards.com/vehicle.htm FC Vehicle standards] ] other main standards are Stationary fuel cell applications and Portable fuel cell applications.

Applications

Hybrid fuel combustion vehicle

To promote the demandside for hydrogen, and so creating a hydrogen infrastructure (to get more hydrogen filling stations), Hybrid fuel combustion vehicles running on hydrogen or another fuel are introduced.

ee also

*Glossary of fuel cell terms
*Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

References

External links

* [http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/pdf/23_fueva_en.pdf 2005 - Fueva]


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