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E. Fuel Cell Demonstrations

1. Light-Duty Vehicles

a) DOE Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration Project Description: see “Integrated System Demonstrations”

i. Collect data on performance, durability, and reliability.

ii. Identify maintenance, safety, and refueling requirements, including sensors and refueling connections.

iii. Collect vehicle operating experience, including fuel economy, range, cost, drivability, cold-start, emissions, and durability.
Description: Data will be used for modeling and composite results will be distributed.

b) California Fuel Cell Partnership
Description: Provide technical guidance for the development of data acquisition systems.

c) DOE National Validation Program

i. Validate vehicle performance, durability, and reliability by laboratory and in-use testing in multiple test facilities using consistent, robust test procedures.

ii. Evaluate design and operation of new test facilities.

iii. Provide detailed data to support well-to-wheels modeling efforts.

2. Medium/Heavy-Duty Vehicles

a) UPS delivery trucks in Ann Arbor, MI
Description: Medium-duty delivery trucks powered by PEMFCs, conducted by EPA, DaimlerChrysler, and UPS.

i. Test parameters

a. Vehicle fuel economy (on dynamometer and in-use testing)

b. Fuel cell stack performance

i. Degradation

ii. Ambient temperature effects on start-up, performance and durability

c. Vehicle performance including cold climate and various on-road duty cycles.

ii. Test procedures

a. Develop improved standard test procedures.

i. Account for power management in hybrid vehicles (with battery or ultracapacitor)

ii. Fuel cell performance over time

b. Develop safety protocols for operation and garaging of commercial vehicles in a warehouse setting.

iii. Data collection and management
Description: Work with the manufacturer to collect all relevant data, protect proprietary information, and incorporate data with other data, as appropriate, for analysis of the technology baseline, progress, challenges, as well as for input to the well-to-wheels modeling efforts.

b) Tactical wheeled vehicles

i. PEMFCs

ii. SOFCs

c) Military trucks

i. Quantify emissions reductions and energy savings.

d) Transit buses

i. Baseline data collection and evaluation of Gen-I fuel-cell buses
Description: Demos - California Fuel Cell Partnership (7 at 3 transit agencies), CUTE (27 fuel- cell buses in 9 European cities), ECTOS (3 fuel-cell buses in Iceland), STEP (3 fuel-cell buses in Perth, Australia), Japanese Fuel Cell Bus Program (2 buses in Tokyo), Canadian Fuel Cell Bus Program (1 bus in Winnipeg), Chinese Fuel Cell Bus Program. ThunderPower bus.

ii. Develop parameters and technical targets for Gen-II fuel-cell buses

a. NAVC Heavy-Duty Fuel-Cell working group

b. Direct input to FTA

c. International Fuel-Cell Bus working group

d. Commercial-sector R&D teams

e. Evaluate prototypes

e) Shuttle buses
Description: Develop and evaluate hybrid fuel cell systems (with energy storage) in light-duty shuttle buses.

f) Locomotives

g) FMCSA medium/heavy truck demonstration

h) Auxiliary power units for heavy-duty trucks
Description: High-temperature fuel cells

3. Watercraft

a) Submarines

i. Manned

ii. Unmanned

iii. Cryogenic oxygen storage and generation system

b) Ferries
Description: DOT (MARAD, FHWA, FTA, and RSPA) is supporting the design, construction, and operation of fuel-cell ferries.

i. San Francisco – Treasure Island
Description: Compressed hydrogen, fuel cells, batteries

ii. Hawaii – Arizona War Memorial
Description: Compressed hydrogen, fuel cells, batteries

c) Recreational watercraft
Description: Liquid hydride (sodium borohydride) storage, fuel cells, batteries. Seaworthy Systems is the principle developer, funding from DOD and MARAD.

4. Aircraft

a) Long-duration, high-altitude aircraft

5. Stationary Fuel Cells

a) Tactical field generators

i. PEMFCs

ii. SOFCs

b) FAA airport power

c) Remote locations

i. Lighthouses

ii. Mountain mines

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