Technical and Economic Analysis of Fuel Cells for Forklift Applications
N. K. Metzger, Xianglin Li
Abstract
for DMFC). The smaller fleet size will significantly increase the LCC of PEMFC due to the high cost of hydrogen fueling and storage infrastructure. For forklift users with less than 50 units, which account for 80% of forklift users, DMFC will be even more cost-effective due to the significantly lower cost of methanol infrastructure.
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