Review of the Research Program of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership Third Report (2010) / Chapter Skim
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and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) , while hydrogen and automotive fuel cell research also continues on the path leading to private-sector commercialization decisions by the year 2015.
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: • ICEs potentially operating on conventional and various alternative fuels, • Automotive and non-automotive fuel cell power systems, • Hydrogen storage (especially onboard vehicles) systems, • Electrochemical energy storage, • Electric propulsion systems, • Hydrogen production and delivery, and • Materials leading to vehicle weight reductions.
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oVerall commeNTs Since the creation of the FreedomCAR program in January 2002, it has undergone significant changes in Partnership members, with five energy com panies added in September 2003 and two electrical power companies in 2008. Even though the technologies involved are not all under the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership umbrella, the potential pathways to the long-term objectives of reduced petroleum consumption as well as reduced criteria emissions and reduced greenhouse gases (GHGs)
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Especially under the present economic conditions, the com mittee considers R&D for other precompetitive technologies, which could help reduce industry development times, also to be appropriate. TechNical areas advanced internal combustion engines and emission controls There seems to be little doubt that, regardless of the success of any of the pathways discussed, the ICE will be the dominant prime mover for light-duty vehicles for many years, probably decades.
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However, in spite of the significant progress, no single fuel cell technology has attained the combination of performance and projected costs to be competitive with conventional systems. With regard to the performance, planning, and management of fuel cell R&D, the committee's assessment is that the fuel cell technical team is well coordinated and is aligned with respect to the achievement of the goals and the longer-term, high-risk technology challenges, especially as the automotive OEMs are now road testing prototype fuel cell vehicles.
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: the Metal Hydrides COE, the Chemical Hydrogen Storage COE, the Hydrogen Sorption Materials COE, and the Hydrogen Storage Engineering COE. The hydrogen storage technical team provides input to the DOE that guides the work of the COEs.
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recommendation 3-15. The search for suitable onboard hydrogen storage materials has been broadly based, and significant progress is reported.
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A research program on improved processes for recycling advanced batteries should be initiated in order to reduce the cost of the processes and recover useful materials and to reduce potentially hazardous toxic waste and, if necessary, to explore and develop new processes that preserve and recycle a much larger portion of the battery values. electric Propulsion and electrical systems Electric propulsion is needed for HEVs, PHEVs, fuel cell vehicles (FCVs)
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The materials technical team should develop a systemsanalysis methodology to determine the currently most cost-effective way for achieving a 50 percent weight reduction for hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. The materials team needs to evaluate how the cost penalty changes as a function of the percent weight reduction, assuming that the most effective mix of materials is
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hydrogen and other Fuel/Vehicle Pathways The Partnership in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy includes the hydrogen production, delivery, and dispensing program, which is, in turn, part of the Fuel Cell Technologies program, which is within the EERE. The Fuel Cell Technologies program addresses a variety of means of producing hydrogen in distributed and centralized plants using technologies that can be made available in the short, medium, and long term.
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This program established the feasibility of distributed generation at fueling stations using reforming and directionally improved gas cleanup technologies for centralized plants. Commercial options now exist to generate hydrogen either in distributed or centralized plants using natural gas.
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The Fuel Cell Technologies program should adjust its Technology Roadmap to account for the possibility that CO2 sequestration will not enable a midterm readiness for commercial hydrogen production from coal. It should also consider the consequences to the program of apparent large increases in U.S.
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This split of focus puts responsibility for making biofuels with the Biomass Program and the responsibility for delivering the biofuel and the light-duty-vehicle drive train with the Partnership. A thorough systems analysis of the biofuel distribution and end-use system that accounts for engine technologies and petroleum blending fuel properties could help to identify priority areas for further development.
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