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1. AGENCY USE ONLY
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2. REPORT DATE:
June
2007
3. REPORT TYPE AND
DATES COVERED:
Final
Report – June 2007
4. TITLE AND
SUBTITLE:
Fuel Cell Bus Life
Cycle Cost Model: Base Case & Future Scenario Analysis
6. AUTHOR(S):
Dana
Lowell (principle),* William P.
Chernicoff,** F. Scott Lian***
5. FUNDING NUMBERS:
7. PERFORMING
ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
*MJ Bradley & Assoc., 1000 Elm St., 2nd Floor, Manchester, NH 03101
**
US DOT-RITA, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, DC 20590
***
US DOT-Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
8. PERFORMING
ORGANIZATION:
REPORT NUMBER
DOT-T-07-01
9.
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES):
U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Office of Research Development and Technology
10.
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER:
DOT-T-07-01
11.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES:
None
12a.
DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT:
This document is available to the
public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161
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13. ABSTRACT
(Maximum 200 words)
This
report describes the results of a life cycle cost analysis conducted using a
spread sheet-based Lifecycle Cost Model developed to allow the user to
evaluate the differential costs of different transit bus propulsion
technologies.
The model is set up to
allow analysis of bus/technology types that operate on various liquid and
gaseous fuels.The
model includes six input worksheets into which the user is required to enter
various fleet data assumptions, and four output worksheets which display the
costs calculated by the model for the bus/technology types analyzed. The user can chose up to eight
different bus/technology types at a time for analysis, organized by fuel
type. The model allows simultaneous
analysis of two different bus types operating on each of two different liquid
fuels and two different bus types operating on each of two different gaseous
fuels.
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14. SUBJECT TERMS:
Hydrogen, fuel
cell, cost analysis, life cycle analysis, financial forecasting, cost model
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Unclassified
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Unclassified
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