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Early Fuel Cell Market Demonstrations

Hydrogen PEM fuel cells are leading candidates for use in fuel cell vehicles. Today's commercially available PEM fuel cells are particularly appropriate for low-power applications requiring intermittent backup.

Early fuel cell market demonstrations are focused primarily on using fuel cell technologies for material handling, backup power, and prime-power applications. The Department of Energy-sponsored demonstration projects support fuel cell market transformation activities and help foster the growth of fuel cell markets. In addition, the Department of Defense funds early fuel cell demonstration projects.

NREL receives operational data from these early market fuel cell demonstrations, analyzes, and reports on these data. By aggregating data across numerous industry teams and sites, NREL develops composite data products (CDPs), which provide relevant data results on the technology status and fuel cell performance without revealing proprietary data. These publicly available CDPs will help the development community understand the state of fuel cell technologies, identify areas for continued improvement, and provide data metrics that are important to the business case for these fuel cell markets.

This page provides the following resources:

• Composite Data Products
• Publications
• Presentations Containing All CDPs

Composite Data Products

The public technical analysis results are generated in the form of composite data products. The following CDPs can be sorted by title, category, CDP number, and date updated. Download the CDPs as PowerPoint or JPG files using the links in the two columns on the right. Download the current presentation containing all ARRA CDPs  and DLA CDPs  or see the archived presentations containing all CDPs.

Sort by Title	Sort by Category	Sort by CDP No.	Sort by Date Updated	PowerPoint	JPG
MHE Total Cost of Ownership	Cost of Ownership	MHE 58	9/23/2011		JPG
MHE Total Cost Sensitivity	Cost of Ownership	MHE 59	9/23/2011		JPG
MHE - Intensive Deployment Total Cost	Cost of Ownership	MHE 60	9/23/2011		JPG
Delivered Count	Deployment	ARRA EM 01	9/19/2011		JPG
Delivered Count	Deployment	ARRA EM 02	9/19/2011		JPG
Locations	Deployment	ARRA EM 03	9/16/2011		JPG
Backup Power Fuel Cell Systems Deployed	Deployment	BU 01	10/11/2011		JPG
Deployed kW Capacity for Backup Power	Deployment	BU 02	10/11/2011		JPG
Backup Power Deployment Locations	Deployment	BU 03	10/11/2011		JPG
Overview of ARRA MHE Sites	Deployment	ARRA MHE 40	9/15/2011		JPG
Units in Operation	Deployment	EM 02	9/19/2011		JPG
Locations	Deployment	EM 03	9/16/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Operation Hours between fills	Fuel Cell Fuel Economy Range and Efficiency	ARRA MHE 08	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Projected Hours to Various Voltage Drop Levels	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	MHE 33	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell System Starts by Day of Week	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 07	9/28/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell System Starts by Time of Day	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 08	9/28/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell System Continuous Run Time	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 09	9/28/2011		JPG
Unsuccessful Operation Categories	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 10	9/30/2011		JPG
Backup Power Deployment Locations	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 04	9/28/2011		JPG
Run Hours by Month with Conditioning Time	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 05	9/28/2011		JPG
Daily Fuel Cell Operation Hours per Fleet	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 23	9/27/2011		JPG
Daily Fuel Cell Operation Hours per System	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 24	9/27/2011		JPG
MHE Units Deployed by Class	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 01	9/14/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Stack Hours	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 02	9/27/2011		JPG
Stack Hours by Quarter	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 11	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Stack Voltage	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 15	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Stack Power	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 17	9/27/2011		JPG
Fleet Fuel Cell Hours and Voltage Durability	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	MHE 32	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Power Degradation Over Operation Time	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	MHE 34	9/27/2011		JPG
Time Between System Starts	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 11	9/28/2011		JPG
System Start Ambient Temperature	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 12	9/28/2011		JPG
Total System Operation Time	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	BU 13	9/28/2011		JPG
Voltage Durability of Lab Data Sets	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	LAB 01	8/2/2011		JPG
Voltage Durability of Lab Data Sets at Various Voltage Drop Levels	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	LAB 02	8/2/2011		JPG
Comparison of Automotive Field and Lab Data Voltage Durability	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	LAB 03	10/11/2011		JPG
Lab Data Operation Hours and Number of Data Sets	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	LAB 04	8/2/2011		JPG
Comparison of MHE Field and Lab Data Voltage Durability	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	LAB 05	8/2/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Stack Current	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	ARRA MHE 16	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Durability Histograme	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	MHE 38	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Operation Hours and Durability	Fuel Cell Usage and Operation Behavior	MHE 39	9/27/2011		JPG
Equipment Category of Safety Reports	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 57	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Safety Reports by Equipment Category	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 46	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Mean Time Between Safety Reports	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 55	9/27/2011		JPG
MHE Mean Time Between Safety Reports	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 56	9/27/2011		JPG
MHE Hydrogen Leaks by Equipment Type	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 53	9/15/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Hydrogen Leaks by Equipment Type	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 51	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Maintenance by Category	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 12	9/26/2011		JPG
Scheduled and Unscheduled Fuel Cell Maintenance	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 13	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Maintenance by Quarter	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 14	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Safety Reports by Quarter	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 26	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell Safety Reports by Severity	Maintenance and Safety	ARRA MHE 27	9/15/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Safety Reports by Quarter	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 25	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Safety Reports by Severity	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 41	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Maintenance by Category	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 18	9/27/2011		JPG
Scheduled and Unscheduled Infrastructure Maintenance	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 19	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Maintenance by Quarter	Maintenance and Safety	MHE 20	9/27/2011		JPG
Refueling Rates	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 09	9/27/2011		JPG
Refueling Amounts	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 10	9/27/2011		JPG
Dispensed Hydrogen (kg) per Day of Week and per Site	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 42	9/27/2011		JPG
Fills Per Day of Week	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 35	9/15/2011		JPG
Average Daily Dispensed Hydrogen Map	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 21	9/15/2011		JPG
Average Daily Dispensed Hydrogen by Site	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 22	9/15/2011		JPG
Refuelings by Quarter	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 03	9/23/2011		JPG
Refuelings Amounts by Quarter	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 04	9/23/2011		JPG
Refueling Time of Day	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 05	9/15/2011		JPG
Refueling Times	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 06	9/27/2011		JPG
Tank Pressure at Fill	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 07	9/27/2011		JPG
Unit Downtime for Refueling	Refueling Performance and Behavior	ARRA MHE 37	9/27/2011		JPG
Cumulative Hydrogen Consumed by Month	Refueling Performance and Behavior	BU 06	9/28/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Maintenance by Mode	Reliability	MHE 47	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Mean Time Between Failure	Reliability	MHE 48	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Mean Time Between Scheduled Maintenance	Reliability	MHE 49	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Reliability Growth by Category	Reliability	MHE 50	9/27/2011		JPG
MHE Availability	Reliability	ARRA MHE 54	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Compressor Failures by Mode	Reliability	MHE 52	9/27/2011		JPG
MHE Maintenance Labor Hours	Reliability	ARRA MHE 43	9/27/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Maintenance Labor Hours	Reliability	MHE 44	9/14/2011		JPG
Infrastructure Reliability Growth	Reliability	MHE 45	9/27/2011		JPG
Fleet Fuel Cell System Reliability Growth by Category	Reliability	MHE 29	9/27/2011		JPG
Overall Fleet Fuel Cell System Reliability Growth	Reliability	MHE 28	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell System Mean Time Between Failure	Reliability	MHE 30	9/27/2011		JPG
Fuel Cell System Mean Time Between Scheduled Maintenance	Reliability	MHE 31	9/27/2011		JPG

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Analysis Results for ARRA Projects: Enabling Fuel Cell Market Transformation	Jennifer Kurtz, NREL	Presentation	2011 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program, and Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation	5/12/2011
ARRA Fuel Cell Deployments:Operation Data Overview	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Presentation	Slides presented at the Hydrogen Safety Panel Meeting in Washington D.C. on 4/7/2011..	4/7/2011
Fall 2011 Composite Data Products: ARRA Material Handling Equipment	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	Composite data products produced by the NREL Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Research early fuel cell market demonstrations team.	9/30/2011
Fall 2011 Composite Data Products: Backup Power	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	Composite data products produced by the NREL Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Research early fuel cell market demonstrations team.	9/30/2011
2011 Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments: ARRA and Combined (IAA, DLA, ARRA)	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	Composite data products produced by the NREL Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Research early fuel cell market demonstrations team.	9/30/2011
State-of-the-art Fuel Cell Lab Data Durability Analysis CDPs	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	Composite data products produced by the NREL Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Research early fuel cell market demonstrations team.	8/2/2011
Analysis Results of ARRA Fuel Cell Early Market Projects	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Presentations	Presented at the Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2011 conference on May 17, 2011.	5/17/2011
Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments: ARRA and Combined (IAA, DLA, ARRA) - May 2011	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	May 2011 Composite Data Products – Deployment	5/10/2011
Spring 2011 Composite Data Products - ARRA Material Handling Equipment	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	ARRA Material Handling Equipment	4/6/2011
Spring 2011 Composite Data Products - Backup Power	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	Composite Data Products produced by the NREL Hydrogen Technologies & Systems Center.	3/29/2011
Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments:ARRA and Combined (IAA, DLA, ARRA) - February 2011	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Report	February 2011 Composite Data Products – Deployment	2/10/2011
Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments: ARRA and Combined (IAA, DLA, ARRA) - November 2010	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden	Report	November 2010 Composite Data Products – Deployment produced by the NREL Hydrogen Technologies & Systems Center.	11/30/2010
ARRA Fuel Cell Deployment and Operation	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik, T. Ramsden	Presentation	Presented at the 2010 Fuel Cell Seminar in San Antonio, Texas on October 20, 2010.	10/20/2010
Analysis Results of Lab and Field Fuel Cell Durability	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik	Presentation	Presented at the 2010 Fuel Cell Seminar in San Antonio, Texas on October 20, 2010.	10/20/2010
Data Analysis for ARRA Early Fuel Cell Market Demonstrations	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik, and T. Ramsden	Presentation	Presented at the National Hydrogen Association 2010 Hydrogen Conference and Expo, 5 May 2010, Long Beach, California	5/5/2010
Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments: ARRA; Quarter 2 of 2010; Composite Data Products, Final Version April 14, 2010	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik, and T. Ramsden	Report	Graphs of composite data products produced by DOE's early fuel cell market demonstration projects for the second quarter of 2010.	4/14/2010
Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments: ARRA; Quarter 1 of 2010; Composite Data Products, Final Version February 19, 2010	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik, and T. Ramsden	Report	Graphs of composite data products produced by DOE's early fuel cell market demonstration projects for the first quarter of 2010	2/19/2010
Analysis of Real World Fuel Cell Degradation	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik, and T. Ramsden	Presentation	Presented at the Fuel Cells Durability & Performance Conference, 8 December 2009, Alexandria,Virginia	12/1/2009
Early Fuel Cell Market Deployments: DLA; Quarter 4 of 2009; Composite Data Products, Final Version November 6, 2009	J. Kurtz, K. Wipke, S. Sprik, and T. Ramsden	Report	Graphs of composite data products produced by DOE's early fuel cell market demonstration projects for the fourth quarter of 2009	11/6/2009
Data Analysis of Early Fuel Cell Market Demonstrations	J. Kurtz, T. Ramsden, K. Wipke, and S. Sprik	Presentation	Presented at the Fuel Cell Seminar, 17 November 2009, Palm Springs, California	11/1/2009
Data Collection & Analysis for ARRA Fuel Cell Projects	J. Kurtz, T. Ramsden, K. Wipke, S. Sprik	Presentation	Presented at the Recovery Project Kick-Off Meeting, 21 August 2009, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania	8/1/2009
Analysis Results for ARRA Fuel Cell Deployments	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Presentation	Slides presented at the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association Conference in Washington, D.C. on February 16, 2011.	2/16/2011
National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Technology Validation Activities Presentation	Jennifer Kurtz, Keith Wipke, Sam Sprik, Todd Ramsden, Chris Ainscough, Genevieve Saur	Presentation	Slides presented at the FCHEA Winter Meeting on December 10, 2010.	12/10/2010

Contact: Jennifer Kurtz 303-275-4061

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