What is CUTE Clean Urban Transport for Europe Manfred Schuckert Co-ordinator CUTE EvoBus Germany Slide 1
Structure 1) Introduction, Motivation and Objectives of CUTE 2) Participating Structure: CUTE, ECTOS, STEP and China 3) Work Packages, Project Timelines and Assessment Framework 4) CUTE: A complex network 5) Costs: As always more than expected 7) Results: A different perspective 8) Summary Slide 2
Situation: FC, Hydrogen and Vehicles Situation: year 2000 2005 CANADA GREENLAND RUSSIA Cars Refueling Buses Stations & Others EUROPE USA MIDDLE EAST ASIA 82 8 32 6 5 15 SOUTH AMERICA 45 13 336 24 6 AFRICA 77 10 15 012 AUSTRALIA 1 ANTARCTICA Manfred Schuckert, EvoBus May, 10th 2006 Slide 3
Situation: Fuels, FC and Politics Installed fuel cell capacity in mobile transport applications in 2000 Germany Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell world-wide CUTE / ECTOS in 2002/2003 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 kw status: 2000 Slide 4
The Fuel Cell Bus Club Political Backing Slide 5
Motivation of the CUTE & ECTOS projects Needs for the Fuel Cell technology Lack of field experience with fuel cell systems and electric engines in mobile applications Operability of on-site hydrogen production facilities and referring high pressure filling stations Country specific certification of fuel cell systems and high pressure hydrogen storage systems Acceptance test of the new technology and of hydrogen as a fuel First FC fleet trial 10 European metropolitan areas in 8 European countries demonstrated 30 fuel cell driven buses Fuel cell powered buses running for 2 years in regular service Leading European infrastructure companies (oil and gas producers) were setting up a hydrogen infrastructure Approximately 40 European companies and universities were included 10 different hydrogen supply infrastructures Collaboration with other projects like STEP, ECTOS etc. Slide 6
Public transport authorities European Commission CUTE Manufacturers Infrastructure/ Gas Companies Research organisations Slide 7
CUTE: Fleet operation of H2-FC buses under real conditions in 9 European Cities CUTE 9 Public transportation agencies BP, Shell,... DC/EvoBus and many more ECTOS Icelandic New Energy EU Shell, NorskHydro DC/EvoBus and many more STEP Western Australian Government BP, BOC Path Transit DC/EvoBus and many more Beijing FC Trial (from 10/05) CICETE/MOST UNDP BP DC/EvoBus and many more Beijing Perth Each city is operating three Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell Citaro Each city is operating its own hydrogen refuelling station, some with its own hydrogen production facility Slide 8
Workpackages of EC project proposal CUTE WP1: Electrolysis based H2 Production WP2: Fossil fuel based H2 Production infrastructure WP3: Filling station & garage WP 11: Project management CUTE / ECTOS operation WP4: under different climatic conditions WP5: under different topographical conditions WP6: under different traffic conditions WP7: Quality & Safety WP8: Education WP9: Environmental, technical and economic surveys Accompanying activities WP10: Exploitation & cont. dissemination Slide 9
infrastructure Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Reykjavik, Stockholm H 2 H 2 electrolysis compression transport filling station power generation only for centralised production 33x or other chemical processes operation crude oil supply refinery steam reforming gas supply London, Luxemburg, Perth Madrid, Stuttgart Manfred Schuckert, EvoBus May, 10th 2006 Slide 10
The Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell Citaro Ballard Fuel Cell Modules Dynetek Composite Tanks 350 bar Technology, 40 kg H2 on board (net) Ballard FuelCell Interface Module Webasto City Cooler Air Condition Unit Main Radiator Unit Hydrogen-Purge Diffusor Inverter One-Motor concept Slide 11
Accompanying activities Diesel-Citaro CNG-Citaro 10.000 1200 8.000 1000 NOx - Emissions Line 42 cradle to grave end of life use phase fuel production bus production 6.000 800 BZ-Citaro NEBUS 4.000 600 2.000 400 200 end of life use phase fuel production bus production 0 FC - St. Reformer NEBUS - St. Reformer FC - Elect. m leer (wind) = 14t CNG [EEV - Graz] Diesel [Euro 3 - Graz] -200 Slide 12
Framework Assessment Data collection and quality check Analysis of data using indicators Interpretation of indicators Data collection and quality check: The coordination of the data collection was one of the responsibilities of the Project Coordinator. MIPP data tables were developed in order to have a common format for the data collection. These tables included all major notifiable aspects of the trial as well as some more subjective data such as passenger acceptance. Analysis of data using indicators: The submitted data were firstly subjected to a quality check for consistency, reliability and accuracy. They were then analysed focusing on the indicators defined for each key area. Interpretation of the indicators: The findings were then presented and discussed with Reference to the indicators defined for the different key areas. Recommendations and Projections for the investigated sectors (technology, admission, safety, and environment) were based on the finding of the different work packages Manfred Schuckert, EvoBus May, 10th 2006 Slide 13
H 2 supply Filling station Bus operation Consumption Maintenance Consumption Maintenance Consumption Maintenance Collection frequency: per day per bus (if possible) and day per bus and day Data collected on a once off basis, e.g. training experiences, dissemination activities,cost data. The frequency was defined in accordance with the overall project objective requirements Manfred Schuckert, EvoBus May, 10th 2006 Slide 14
Participants Amsterdam Project 2 Technicians infrastructure/ distribution Fuel cell bus and H 2 - Infrastructure Operators safety and regulations research operations research production H 2 feasibility study production H 2 Slide 15
Expected Total cost FC-Bus in 2000 (incl. infrastructure and operation) Investment costs bus Investment costs infrastructure 3 Buses (maintenance, service) 3,75 Mio. Euro Infrastructure (Life Time >> 2a) 0,25 Mio. Euro 1,1 Mio. Euro Simple alternative Complex alternative Energy costs** ** ~50.000km/a over 2 Years 0,1 Mio. Euro 0,2 Mio. Euro Substantial expenses for fuel Slide 16
Total cost of the CUTE / ECTOS demonstration project for all participants Fuel Cell Buses Infrastructure & Service/ Maintenance approx. 100 Mio. Suppliers & transport companies EC EC Funds CUTE and and ECTOS: 21.5 21.5 Mio Mio Research Organisations, Universities & Project Management Slide 17
Results Inverter Update Inverter failures have decreased since implementing coolant upgrade Some failures since, and future failures because the inverters have already been subjected to higher temperatures 120 100 80 Inverter Failures 60 40 20 0 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000 Hours of Operation - Citaro Fleet Slide 18
Results Number of Bus Failure Modes (MK 902 Data to end of Dec 2005) Slide 20
Results: Supply of Energy 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Others Renewable Uranium Natural gas Lignite Hard coal Crude oil 0% Energy resources - status quo CUTE Objetives Real Situation Energy resources CUTE Slide 21
Project Timeline 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 PROJECT START 23. NOV, 2001 SET-UP PHASE END PHASE 1 22. NOV, 2003 OPERATION PHASE 2006 PROJECT END 22. May, 2006 BUS DELIVERY AND OPERATION TOTAL KM (INCL. ECTOS/STEP) Madrid Hamburg Barcelona Stuttgart Luxembourg Amsterdam Stockholm London Porto Reykjavik Perth 250.000 km 500.000 km 750.000 km 1.000.000 km1.076.000 km TOTAL H 2 DISPENCED 50.000 kg 100.000 kg 150.000 kg 192.000 kg FUELL CELL Hamburg CLUB PROJECT Barcelona MEETINGS FUELL CELL CLUB CONFERENCES Madrid Luxembourg Brussels London Porto Perth Reykjavik London Perth Reykjavik Stockholm Stockholm Stuttgart ASSOCIATED PROJECTS CUTE ECTOS STEP Slide 22
CUTE: Summary CUTE and its sister projects ECTOS/STEP have reached outstanding results, not only by km and hours, but more because they have demonstrated that a public transport system based on fuel cells and hydrogen is really an option for the future Both the Fuel Cell Citaro and the hydrogen infrastructure demonstrated a very high reliability, the fuel cells even much higher than expected We also learned that the public acceptance of the Fuel Cell Buses has been tremendous The CUTE-concept is still the basis for many other projects within the EC and abroad While the general results are outstanding, many improvement potentials have been identified: at fuel cell level in the electric drive train in the hydrogen production plants in the hydrogen refuelling stations and in the project organisation Slide 23