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The idea that the fuel cell car is not only used for transpor-
tation but also for production of electricity, heat and water,
is a paradigm-changing concept. It will certainly change
our energy-, water- and transport system dramatically. Let
us explore this concept.
OUR CAR AS POWER PLANT REASONS TO BELIEVE
EFFICIENCY • Fuel cell in the car has an effi
ciency of 60% to convert hydrogen
into electricity
• Hydrogen production from gas or electricity has an effi
ciency of
about 70-80%
BETTER • Car engines at present have an effi ciency of 25-40%
• Power system effi ciency is below 40%
TIME • Cars are in use for transportation less than 5% of the time
• Over 90% of time, cars are parked at home, at work, in a car park,
on the street
AVAILABLE • Power plants are used between 5% and 90% of the time
CAPACITY • Worldwide 1 billion cars on the road; with an average engine capacity
of 50 kW this represents a power capacity of 50.000 GW
ABUNDANT • 80 million cars were sold in 2011; with an average engine capacity of
100 kW this represents a power capacity of 8.000 GW
• Worldwide the electricity production capacity of all power plants is
about 5.000 GW
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Our Car as Power Plant
- Titel
- Our Car as Power Plant
- Autoren
- Ad van Wijk
- Leendert Verhoef
- Verlag
- IOS Press BV
- Datum
- 2014
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-1-61499-377-3
- Abmessungen
- 14.8 x 21.0 cm
- Seiten
- 108
- Schlagwörter
- fuel cell cars, renewable energy, The Green Village, sustainability
- Kategorie
- Technik
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- THE VISION 7
- REASONS TO BELIEVE 8
- OUR CARS 13
- 100 YEARS OF CAR DEVELOPMENT 14
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY FROM A TO B BY CAR 18
- FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION 22
- NUMBER OF CARS WORLDWIDE 25
- OUR ENERGY SYSTEM 31
- TOWARDS INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMS 32
- ELECTRICITY SYSTEM WORLDWIDE 36
- POWER-SYSTEM EFFICIENCY 40
- FUEL CELL CARS 45
- THE FUEL CELL 46
- THE FUEL CELL CAR 50
- HYDROGEN 52
- HYDROGEN STORAGE 55
- FUEL CELL CAR FOR TRANSPORT 57
- THE FUEL CELL CAR AS POWER PLANT 63
- CAR-PARK POWER PLANT 64
- CAR-PARK POWER PLANT ENERGY SYSTEM 67
- THE FUTURE 71
- CARS CAN TAKE OVER POWER PLANT CAPACITY 72
- FUTURE ENERGY- AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 75
- FUTURE CITIES 80
- THE CHALLENGES 87
- TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES 88
- SYSTEM CHALLENGES 92
- WHY IT WILL HAPPEN 97
- FUEL CELL CARS WILL COME 98
- IT IS OUR CAR! 99
- REFERENCES 101
- SUMMARY 105
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS 106