Hydrogen for Transportation Applications: FC Systems, Embedded Storage and Green Hydrogen
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A5: Hydrogen Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (3 September 2021) | Viewed by 507
Special Issue Editors
Interests: PEMFC system; application of hydrogen-based systems; energy management and control allocation; diagnosis; power electronics for embedded systems
Interests: PEMFC system; hybrid power system; energy management strategies; power electronics for embedded systems; optimal design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transport sector is almost entirely dependent on oil resources and therefore responsible for serious environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions (a quarter of global human CO2 emissions) and pollutants harmful to health. Moreover, this dependence on vehicles using oil-based fuels adds a certain fragility to the development of the transport sector and makes it very sensitive to geopolitical conflicts and the inevitable depletion of fossil energy resources, not to mention the adverse effects on its societal image.
In this context, hydrogen use has become an emerging technology for the new green mobility. First, this energy vector is particularly well suited to deal with the diversification of energy supply sources. Second, its use generates no pollutants, and its production can be carbon-free. Third, it meets many transportation requirements; its high energy density and its quick refueling permit intensive use and long-range transport. In any transportation sub-sector (road vehicles, trains, airplanes, and boats), industrial demonstrators or pre-production systems show that hydrogen is a competitive and environmentally friendly alternative fuel either for traction use or for supplying auxiliary devices.
Thus, to accelerate hydrogen implementation and widespread utilization in the areas of mobility, either in land, maritime, or air transportation sub-sectors, this Special Issue, titled “Hydrogen for transportation applications”, is proposed for the international journal Energies, which is an SSCI and SCIE journal (2020 IF = 2.702). This Special Issue mainly covers original research and studies related to the above-mentioned topics, including, but not limited to, FC systems for transport use, embedded storage, green hydrogen production for transport requirements, hydrogen transport use-case analysis, suitability of hydrogen use in specific transportation applications, and so on. Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
We are writing to invite you to submit your original work to this Special Issue. We are looking forward to receiving your outstanding research.
Prof. Olivier Bethoux
Dr. Toufik Azib
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- proton exchange membrane (PEMFC)
- high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEMFC)
- active layer enhancement
- multi-scale and multi-physics investigations
- membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) and related materials
- thermal and water management
- power and energy hybridization including multi-stack approaches
- energy management strategies
- electric power converters
- FC system (design, simulation, sizing, cost)
- green hydrogen production for transportation market requirements
- electrolyzers (AWE, PEME, SOEC, including no-membrane approaches)
- H2 embedded storage
- hydrogen filling stations
- safety issues
- systems lifetime enhancement
- predictive maintenance
- lifetime and failure prognostics
- reliability, robustness, and service continuity
- life cycle analysis (LCA)
- hydrogen in transportation use-case analysis
- suitability of hydrogen use in specific transportation applications
- challenges for hydrogen in transportation markets in the next years
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