Nowaday, hydrogen technology is one of the main topics in the agenda of European Union about air quality and climate change issues. The “Hydrogen for Clean Transport” conference, organized by FCH JU funding body, offers a unique opportunity to learn about the main results achieved in Europe by this technology applied to the transport sector, but also to understand the barriers that prevent the widespread dissemination of this technology. During the event, sector experts will share the latest findings in the field of hydrogen, highlighting how this technology represents an effective and viable solution to promote air quality and reduce air pollution.
Flexible, long-range and zero-emission.
At the time when electro-mobility presents as the way forward for decarbonisation of transport, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) appear as one of the most innovative and practical solutions. Most renowned car manufacturers are committing towards this technology and play a major role in shifting the market from petrol and diesel to greener, more sustainable fuels.
While the fuel cell and hydrogen sector has achieved a lot by working together and bringing this technology to the point of market readiness, efforts are still needed to grow the refuelling network and increase availability of vehicles in Europe.
In that respect, policymakers and funding bodies such as the FCH JU can play a strategic role by helping setting the needed framework for pushing ahead with deployment
Supporting innovation in the transport sector and the development of technologies and functional systems to promote smart mobility for ports with low environmental impact is among the objectives of the “Ravenna Green Port” project.
In particular, the research line 1, coordinated by CNR ITAE researchers, is dedicated to the Energy from Renewable Sources and Sustainable Mobility.
The application of the FC hybrid electric technology used in the Minibus Prototype developed by the “Ravenna Green Port” project, if compared with electrical technology based only on batteries, allows to reduce the investment thanks to the increase in autonomy and the consequent reduced number of vehicles to be used in the service, consequently optimizing the structure and therefore the operating costs.
Furthermore, an environmental control unit is installed on the roof of the vehicle for the acquisition of data such as air temperature, air humidity, CO2, CO, O3, NO2, CH4concentration.
The same control unit would also allow to monitore the operating variables of the MiniBus: SOC of the batteries, hydrogen level, speed, position, fault analysis, etc.
Friday 22nd September 2017 | Charlemagne building, Bruxelles, Belgium
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