About this Research Topic
In Europe, from 2035 with the "Fit for 55" climate package, new pure or hybrid internal combustion engine vehicles fueled by gasoline or diesel will no longer be sold. These vehicles will be progressively replaced by pure electric or hybrid fuel cell electric vehicles to reduce pollution and emissions of climate-altering gases.
To rapidly reduce dependence on fossil fuels and address the climate crisis, the European Commission introduced the REPowerEU plan. This plan focuses on accelerating the green transition and maximizing the use of renewable energy sources.
Renewable electric energy can be converted into green hydrogen using electrolyzers. This green hydrogen can then be used to fuel the new hybrid electric fuel cell-based vehicles.
However, in many countries around the world, the national electricity grids are not suitable for withstanding the transition from conventional mobility with vehicles based on internal combustion engines (ICE) fueled by gasoline or diesel, which have high emissions of polluting and climate-altering gases, to the green mobility with pure electric or hybrid electric fuel cells based vehicles. In this transition phase, the problem is the need to develop highly efficient poly-generative energy systems, which can be fed by biofuels and which can use renewable energy sources. Each component of the new poly-generative energy system can be further developed to increase its performance and a suitable control system capable of managing it has to be developed.
A fuel cell-based poly-generative energy system, fueled by biofuels, can support the national electric and natural gas grids.
It can fulfill the requirements of pure electric or hybrid fuel cell electric mobility, as well as the electric, heating, and/or cooling loads of industrial and residential users.
This Research Topic will focus on the collection of the latest developments in fuel cell-based poly-generative energy systems and components. It will focus on the following aspects:
- Fuel cell-based subsystem fed by biofuels
- Renewable energy plants, and electrolyzers for pure electric or hybrid fuel cell electric mobility, including the electric charging and hydrogen refueling stations, with an emphasis on enhancing their performance characteristics and technological applications.
Keywords: Fuel Cells; Electrolyzers; Batteries; Renewables Sources; Hydrogen; Poly-generative System
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