SAE TU-001-2016
Impacting Rapid Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Commercialization

Standard No.

SAE TU-001-2016

Release Date

2016

Published By

SAE - SAE International

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SAE TU-001-2016

Scope

Preface Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) powered by proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and fueled by hydrogen offer the promise of zero emissions with excellent driving range of 300?C400 miles and fast refueling times of less than ve minutes??two major advantages over battery electric vehicles (BEVs). However@ to achieve widespread and rapid commercialization@ FCEVs face some remaining major challenges: Cost of 80-kW PEMFC stacks must still be reduced by ~1.5?C2?? to $15/kWe at high volume (reducing electrode Pt content@ ionomer membrane cost@ bipolar plate assembly cost@ etc.) and by a factor of over 10?? at low volume (i.e.@ less than ~1000 stacks). Stack gravimetric power density must still be increased by ~30?C40% to 2 kW/ kg. Stack durability must be approximately doubled to 5000?C5500 operating hours. Onboard hydrogen storage volumetric energy density must be signicantly increased to 2.3 kWh/L (i.e.@ more than 2?? greater than that achieved by 700 bar compressed gas storage). Lower cost and reliable balance-of-plant (BOP) components such as cathode air handlers@ radiators@ nozzles@ etc. must be developed. Methods of producing renewable hydrogen (or hydrogen with low greenhouse gas impact)@ such as renewable electrolysis@ steam reforming of natural gas@ or photoelectrochemical generation@ that meets the ultimate cost targets of $2?C4 per gallon of gasoline equivalent (gge)@ are needed. Lower cost and reliable hydrogen infrastructure fueling components (hoses@ compressors@ sensors@ etc.) manufactured in the United States are required. Construction of networked@ low-cost hydrogen fueling stations across the nation@ in other states than California@ is necessary. This book addresses many of these challenges@ especially from an FCEV system and subsystem cost and performance perspective.

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