Comparing Apples to Apples: Well-To-Wheel Analysis of Current Ice and Fuel Cell Vehicle Technologies

Document Number: 2004-01-1015

Date Published: March 2004

Author(s):
Aymeric P. Rousseau - Argonne National Laboratory
Rajesh Ahluwalia - Argonne National Laboratory
Xiaohua Wang - Argonne National Laboratory
Michael Q. Wang - Argonne National Laboratory

Abstract:
Because of their high efficiency and low emissions, fuel-cell vehicles are undergoing extensive research and development. When considering the introduction of advanced vehicles, a complete well-to-wheel evaluation must be performed to determine the potential impact of a technology on carbon dioxide and Green House Gases (GHGs) emissions. Several modelling tools developed by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) were used to evaluate the impact of advanced powertrain configurations. The Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) transient vehicle simulation software was used with a variety of fuel cell system models derived from the General Computational Toolkit (GCtool) for pump-to-wheel (PTW) analysis, and GREET (Green house gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation) was used for well-to-pump (WTP) analysis. This paper compares advanced propulsion technologies on a well-to-wheel energy basis by using current technology for conventional, hybrid and fuel cell technologies.

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