H2-Automotive

01.04.2005 - 30.09.2006
Assigned research project
The project employs an interdisciplinary approach towards the following topics in fuel cell vehicle development, which are currently under rapid development: - Energy Technology: Demand, ecological power supply, transport of hydrogen as well as demand to infrastructure. - Fuel Cell Technology: Rapidly increasing energy density of fuel cells for use as car drive in competition with other energy conversion technologies - Vehicle Technology: Reorientation in development toward electrical powered drive trains and electrical powered auxiliary systems. - International networking and platform creation: Europe, USA - especially California. - Potentials and Chances for the Austrian Automotive Industry Suppliers In more detail, beginning with the generation of the energy transfer medium hydrogen, the ecological, technological and economical aspects of the different possible development paths will have to be investigated. Especially the ecological sense of the overall process chain ¿Energy Transfer Medium Hydrogen¿ will be a major part, even more in combination with renewable energy sources, from which synergy effects may be gained. In addition side effects as there is independence of soon scarce resources will be investigated. At the other end of the technology chain there are the new drives for individual traffic. Their success in markets is dependent on the rapidly developing technology and thereby the positioning in competition with other drive concepts on the one hand, and the interaction with already mentioned strategies for hydrogen production and transport. More than anywhere else major steps in improving energy density and costs have been made recently, that were unforeseeable some years ago. Nevertheless a consistent and secured supply of the end users with hydrogen is vital to reach a widespread use of this technology. Major industrialized western regions are already aiming at realizing the ideal of an emission free and independent of oil individual traffic, and take enormous effort in realizing this vision. The development of a the infrastructure for the supply with hydrogen for the end users may as well be a chance for the Austrian Automotive suppliers as the formation of a network for supplying the production of fuel cell vehicles. This feasibility study aims at giving concrete advice to the Austrian Automotive Industry, by analysing the mentioned influences with reference to the energy transfer medium hydrogen and the energy converter fuel cell as well. An easy to use platform for the Austrian automotive industry as well as for car users will be established. These focused measures are destined to help the Austrian suppliers and manufactures to gain advantage in global competition.

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  • BMVIT

Keywords

GermanEnglish
WasserstoffHydrogen
BrennstoffzelleFuel cell
AutomobiltechnikAutmotive Technology
Transatlantische ForschungTransatlantic Research

External partner

  • Institut für Energiesysteme und Elektrische Antriebe
  • Center of Energy Research, University of California at San Diego
  • ÖAMTC Akademie
  • Kompetenzzentrum für angewandte Elektrochemie GmbH

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