Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future
Trains have been a crucial part of modern transport, and their high energy efficiency and low greenhouse gas emissions make them ideal candidates for the future transport system. Transitioning from diesel trains to hydrogen fuel cell electric trains is a promising way to decarbonize rail transport....
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| description | Trains have been a crucial part of modern transport, and their high energy efficiency and low greenhouse gas emissions make them ideal candidates for the future transport system. Transitioning from diesel trains to hydrogen fuel cell electric trains is a promising way to decarbonize rail transport. That's because the fuel cell electric trains have several advantages over other electric trains, such as lower life-cycle emissions and shorter refueling time than battery ones, and less requirements for wayside infrastructure than the ones with overhead electric wires. However, hydrogen fuel technology still needs to be advanced in areas including hydrogen production, storage, refueling, and on-board energy management. Currently, there are several pilot projects of hydrogen fuel cell electric trains across the globe, especially in developed countries, including one commercialized and permanent route in Germany. The experiences from the pilot projects will promote the technological and economic feasibility of hydrogen fuel in rail transport. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2bcdea8e25d49429fb7c4be39cbec6f2024-03-05T04:31:01ZengElsevierApplications in Energy and Combustion Science2666-352X2024-03-0117100255Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and futureDaniel Ding0Xiao-Yu Wu1Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1Corresponding author.; Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1Trains have been a crucial part of modern transport, and their high energy efficiency and low greenhouse gas emissions make them ideal candidates for the future transport system. Transitioning from diesel trains to hydrogen fuel cell electric trains is a promising way to decarbonize rail transport. That's because the fuel cell electric trains have several advantages over other electric trains, such as lower life-cycle emissions and shorter refueling time than battery ones, and less requirements for wayside infrastructure than the ones with overhead electric wires. However, hydrogen fuel technology still needs to be advanced in areas including hydrogen production, storage, refueling, and on-board energy management. Currently, there are several pilot projects of hydrogen fuel cell electric trains across the globe, especially in developed countries, including one commercialized and permanent route in Germany. The experiences from the pilot projects will promote the technological and economic feasibility of hydrogen fuel in rail transport.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666352X24000104HydrogenFuel cell electric trainsHydrogen storageRefueling |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Ding Xiao-Yu Wu Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future Applications in Energy and Combustion Science Hydrogen Fuel cell electric trains Hydrogen storage Refueling |
| title | Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future |
| title_full | Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future |
| title_fullStr | Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future |
| title_short | Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains: Technologies, current status, and future |
| title_sort | hydrogen fuel cell electric trains technologies current status and future |
| topic | Hydrogen Fuel cell electric trains Hydrogen storage Refueling |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666352X24000104 |
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