Title :
Review and assessment of hydrogen propelled railway vehicles
Author :
Hoffrichter, A. ; Hillmansen, S. ; Roberts, C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
The railway industry is under pressure to reduce emissions, and reduction of the dependency on petroleum oil products is desirable. Hydrogen powered trains are able to offer both. This paper shows the present hydrogen railway developments and the barriers to commercialisation.
Keywords :
hydrogen; railway industry; vehicles; hydrogen powered trains; hydrogen propelled railway vehicles; petroleum oil products; railway industry; Fuel Cell; Hydrogen; Railway Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Railway Traction Systems (RTS 2010), IET Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2010.0045
