Title
Hydrogen for Long Range Electric Vehicle (LREV)

CoPED ID
df199358-097c-4649-b1ec-a048c0eff016

Status
Closed


Value
£1,150,852

Start Date
Nov. 1, 2013

End Date
March 30, 2017

Description

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The project addresses the challenge of existing hydrogen vehicle prototypes that use high pressure 700bar tanks; a barrier to the acceptance of hydrogen is perceived risk, cost and mass which a high pressure approach cannot address. In the EU-27 70.9% of all transport Green House Gases emissions are attributed to road transport and transport contributes ~24% of the UK’s CO2 emissions. The UK H2Mobility roadmap[2], recently reported, shows that the total CO2 emissions for a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) can be 75% less than the equivalent diesel vehicle and on a path to zero-carbon by 2050. According to the New Automotive Innovation & Growth Team (NAIGT) and UK Automotive Council roadmaps hydrogen will be the fuel that ultimately drives the transport sector starting with demonstration projects (2010-2020) followed by roll-out (2020-2030). As NAIGT identify, their roadmap is predicated on a breakthrough in storage, & the key to regulatory & consumer acceptance is going to be safety & cost.To date, high pressure hydrogen solutions have been examined for FCEVs. Our new fuel, a solid that stores hydrogen, can safely be handled in air, requires no high pressure, and can be flowed like a liquid, has the potential to drastically reduce cost and complexity of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure as well as overcoming safety concerns associated with high pressure tanks. The output of this project will be a 5kW in vehicle demonstrator utilising this new source of hydrogen.

Cella Energy Limited LEAD_ORG
MIRA Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
Coventry University PARTICIPANT_ORG
Cella Energy Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
Productiv Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG

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Subjects by relevance
  1. Emissions
  2. Hydrogen
  3. Fuels
  4. Traffic
  5. Vehicles
  6. Decrease (active)
  7. Costs
  8. Fuel cells
  9. Innovations
  10. Cars
  11. Sustainable development

Extracted key phrases
  1. Long Range Electric Vehicle
  2. High pressure hydrogen solution
  3. Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle
  4. UK Automotive Council roadmap hydrogen
  5. High pressure tank
  6. Hydrogen vehicle prototype
  7. High pressure approach
  8. Transport Green House Gases emission
  9. Hydrogen
  10. Hydrogen refuelling infrastructure
  11. Store hydrogen
  12. Total co2 emission
  13. Demonstration project
  14. Equivalent diesel vehicle
  15. Transport sector

Related Pages

UKRI project entry

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