TY - JOUR
T1 - Life cycle assessment of solid oxide fuel cell vehicles in a natural gas producing country; comparison with proton electrolyte fuel cell, battery and gasoline vehicles
AU - Heidary, Hadi
AU - El-Kharouf, Ahmad
AU - Steinberger-Wilckens, Robert
AU - Bozorgmehri, Shahriar
AU - Salimi, Mohsen
AU - Golmohammad, Mohammad
PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - In this paper, the technical and economic feasibility of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Battery Hybrid Vehicles is studied based on Iran conditions and compared against Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (PEFC) Vehicles, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Gasoline Vehicles. Existence of enormous resources of natural gas and its extensive distribution and transmission lines in Iran are a great opportunity to develop SOFC-Battery hybrid vehicles fueled by natural gas. In this paper, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle cost were analyzed. We ranked different vehicles in 2021 and forecast their ranking for 2030, which is crucial for policymaking and technology support. The results show the well to wheel energy consumption of SOFC-Battery hybrid vehicle per km in 2021 is nearly same as PEFC FCEVs and 1060 kJ and 560 kJ less than gasoline and battery electric vehicle respectively. The well to wheel emission of SOFC FCEVs in 2021 is a little less than PEFC FCEV and 50% and 28% lower, respectively than gasoline vehicle and BEV. It is expected that the life cycle cost per km on a charge of SOFC hybrid vehicles with equal driving range will be the best choice in 2030 with 23.9 cents per km.
AB - In this paper, the technical and economic feasibility of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Battery Hybrid Vehicles is studied based on Iran conditions and compared against Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell (PEFC) Vehicles, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Gasoline Vehicles. Existence of enormous resources of natural gas and its extensive distribution and transmission lines in Iran are a great opportunity to develop SOFC-Battery hybrid vehicles fueled by natural gas. In this paper, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle cost were analyzed. We ranked different vehicles in 2021 and forecast their ranking for 2030, which is crucial for policymaking and technology support. The results show the well to wheel energy consumption of SOFC-Battery hybrid vehicle per km in 2021 is nearly same as PEFC FCEVs and 1060 kJ and 560 kJ less than gasoline and battery electric vehicle respectively. The well to wheel emission of SOFC FCEVs in 2021 is a little less than PEFC FCEV and 50% and 28% lower, respectively than gasoline vehicle and BEV. It is expected that the life cycle cost per km on a charge of SOFC hybrid vehicles with equal driving range will be the best choice in 2030 with 23.9 cents per km.
KW - SOFC hybrid vehicle
KW - PEFC vehicle
KW - Battery Electric Vehicle
KW - Life Cycle Cost
KW - Emission
U2 - 10.1016/j.seta.2023.103396
DO - 10.1016/j.seta.2023.103396
M3 - Article
SN - 2213-1388
VL - 59
JO - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
JF - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
M1 - 103396
ER -
