epocson t1_ixg7u5a wrote
Reply to comment by bitfriend6 in First Hydrogen Powered Transit Bus in LA County Hits Streets in December by redingerforcongress
Mandating hydrogen powered anything is difficult right now. The infrastructure for transit and storage of hydrogen for fuel isn’t there yet. Definitely where the industry is going through. Engine manufacturers are buying up hydrogen fuel companies like hot cakes.
navigationallyaided t1_ixif9l1 wrote
I think FCEVs are only viable for buses and aviation. Toyota and Hyundai put a gamble on FCEV cars - but that is so far a flop without the backing of Big Oil. Toyota’s reasoning was to protect the Japanese auto industry from Korea(Hyundai-Kia) and China(BYD and Geely) and they laughed off Tesla. It’s too difficult to have infrastructure for retail gaseous fuels - only Australia, Japan and Hong Kong have that down with LPG(autogas) and CNG. CNG/LNG/LPG tanks in cars, trucks and buses are condemned after 10 years of service - typically a compressed gas tank(like a scuba/fire/CO2 tank) needs to be hydrostatically tested and certified every 5 years.
The problem with burning hydrogen - the NOx emissions are higher than burning fossil fuels. In a gasoline or diesel engine, that can be mitigated with exhaust gas recirculation and selective catalytic reduction(used with EGR on diesel engines, Mercedes/Daimler Truck & Bus calls it Bluetec) but CO/PM/HC emissions are much lower.
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