Clean air program : use of hydrogen to power the advanced technology transit bus (ATTB) : an assessment

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• Creators:
  Raj, Phani K.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Technology & Management Systems, Inc. ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hydrogen
  • Transit buses
  • Experimental vehicles
  • Demonstration projects
  • Research reports
  • Safety factors
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Advanced Technology Transit Bus (ATTB)
  • Clean Air Program
  • Hydrogen power plants
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-FTA-MA-26-0001-97-l ; DOT-VNTSC-FTA-97-8
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403181
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report; July 1996-June 1997
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Abstract:
  The Advanced Technology Transit Bus (ATTB), developed under primary funding from ; the U.S. DOT/Federal Transit Administration (FTA), currently uses a power plant ; based on a natural gas burning IC engine-generator set. FTA is interested in ; demonstrating the use of a hydrogen fuel cell-based power plant on the ATTB. ; This report analyzes several issues related to the proposed demonstration ; project including hydrogen safety, hydrogen storage options, and total hydrogen ; requirements. A preliminary comparative assessment of the hazards and risks ; posed by useful energy equivalent quantities of hydrogen, methane, and gasoline, ; has been performed. This study indicates that hydrogen and methane have almost ; equal risks whereas gasoline has substantially higher risk. The reasons for a ; such a conclusion are indicated. The total quantity of hydrogen needed for a ; 120-km Central Business District operation cycle for an ATTB using a solid ; polymer electrode fuel cell is estimated to be 15.2-kg/day. This amount of ; hydrogen can be stored as a compressed gas on the bus in currently available ; CNG tanks at 25 MPA (3,600 psig) and be within the space and weight limitations ; of ATTB. The pros and cons of other types of hydrogen storage both on-board ; the bus and in the fueling station are discussed; only compressed gas storage ; is found to be technically and economically feasible.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTUM60-92-C-41005 ; TT764/U7130
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8405/dot_8405_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.69 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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