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JULY 29, 2025
Hydrogen use in fuel cell vehicles is attractive for heavy-duty vehicles. This presentation highlights the key cost drivers and environmental impacts of various hydrogen pathways and hydrogen vehicle classes and duty cycles. The key drivers include fuel cell powertrain efficiency and associated vehicle fuel economy relative to the incumbent vehicle powertrain technology, the hydrogen onboard storage technology, as well as the hydrogen production, packaging, delivery, storage and fueling technologies. The presentation will also address the value proposition of the indirect use of hydrogen via energy carriers such as e-fuels and ammonia for other transportation applications.
Free to OFCHC Members --- Guests $25.00 ea.
Meet our Presenter, Dr. Amgad Elgowainy
Group Leader, Hydrogen and Electrification Analysis
Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Elgowainy is a distinguished fellow and senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory with over 25 years of experience and over 200 technical publications in modeling and analysis of hydrogen energy systems.
Specialties: Technoeconomic analysis and life cycle analysis of advanced energy and vehicle systems, with a focus on hydrogen and electrification technologies and their end use applications
He leads the Electrification and Infrastructure Group with focus on engineering process modeling, environmental life cycle analysis and techno-economic analysis of hydrogen energy systems, fuel infrastructure and vehicle technologies. His research projects support governmental agencies, OEMs, energy industries, and utility and gas companies.
He is serving as a technical expert on several Technical Teams of the US DRIVE and the 21st Century Truck Partnerships. He also served as a technical expert in several of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Technical Collaboration Programs on electric vehicles, hydrogen, and fuel-cell vehicles, and is currently supporting the development of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting methodology for the International Partnership of Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) and for Ammonia Energy Association.
Dr. Elgowainy authored and coauthored more than 200 technical publications, edited a volume on Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles, and authored several book chapters on low carbon fuels and electrification of transportation. He developed several licensed patents related to hydrogen fueling methods.
He received numerous government and industry awards. In 2020 he was recognized by U.S. DOE Secretary Achievement Award related to his contribution to nuclear hydrogen demonstration projects. Dr. Elgowainy earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New York at Buffalo in 1994, and taught many undergraduate and graduate engineering and environmental courses at University of Chicago, Purdue University Northwest, Tennessee State University, and University at Buffalo.