scholarly journals Experimental Validation of Hydrogen Fuel−Cell and Battery−Based Hybrid Drive without DC−−DC for Light Scooter under Two Typical Driving Cycles

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang ◽  
Jianan Tang ◽  
Tong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Power System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Power Performance ◽  
Hybrid Powertrain ◽  
Powertrain System ◽  
Passive Power ◽  
Electric Light

Faced with key obstacles, such as the short driving range, long charging time, and limited volume allowance of battery−−powered electric light scooters in Asian cities, the aim of this study is to present a passive fuel cell/battery hybrid system without DC−−DC to ensure a compact volume and low cost. A novel topology structure of the passive fuel cell/battery power system for the electric light scooter is proposed, and the passive power system runs only on hydrogen. The power performance and efficiency of the passive power system are evaluated by a self−developed test bench before installation into the scooters. The results of this study reveal that the characteristics of stable power output, quick response, and the average efficiency are as high as 88% during the Shanghainese urban driving cycle and 89.5% during the Chinese standard driving cycle. The results present the possibility that this passive fuel cell/battery hybrid powertrain system without DC−DC is practical for commercial scooters.

Powertrain Matching Based on Driving Cycle for Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicle

2013 ◽  
Vol 288 ◽  
pp. 142-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shang An Gao ◽  
Xi Ming Wang ◽  
Hong Wen He ◽  
Hong Qiang Guo ◽  
Heng Lu Tang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Cell Hybrid ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicle ◽  
Combustion Engine ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Power Performance ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Hybrid Electric ◽  
Fuel Cell Hybrid

Fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle (FCHEV) is one of the most efficient technologies to solve the problems of the energy shortage and the air pollution caused by the internal-combustion engine vehicles, and its performance strongly depends on the powertrains’ matching and its energy control strategy. The theoretic matching method only based on the theoretical equation of kinetic equilibrium, which is a traditional method, could not take fully use of the advantages of FCHEV under a certain driving cycle because it doesn’t consider the target driving cycle. In order to match the powertrain that operates more efficiently under the target driving cycle, the matching method based on driving cycle is studied. The powertrain of a fuel cell hybrid electric bus (FCHEB) is matched, modeled and simulated on the AVL CRUISE. The simulation results show that the FCHEB has remarkable power performance and fuel economy.

Automobile Driving Control for a Dual Power Electric Vehicle With a Hydrogen Fuel Cell

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keilin Kuo ◽  
Chungchen Tsao
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Power System ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cells ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel ◽  
The Road ◽  
Auxiliary Power ◽  
Dual Power

In this study, we adopt a dual power system for extension (DPES) operation by combining the existing power system of an electric vehicle with a hydrogen fuel cell. This was to enhance the durability of the electric vehicle and reduce the inconvenience of battery charging. The lithium battery acts as the primary power source and has real-time monitoring of its state of charge (SOC), while the hydrogen fuel cells act as the auxiliary power supply. The auxiliary power can be used either directly or for charging the lithium battery while the vehicle is in its idle state. The dual power system is coupled with a dual-mode motor controller and energy management system. This study aims to apply the dual power system on the electric vehicle using hydrogen fuel cells. We designed a simulation platform for real driving conditions using Labview to send and receive control commands. In this study, we simulated the road cycles of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE-40), Japanese legislative cycle (JP10) and the World-wide Motorcycle Emissions Test Cycle (WMTC), using Proportional-integral Control (PI) for automatic tracking and employing engineering error analysis to determine the most suitable PI parameter values for the simulated system. The results showed that using a fixed 100 W fuel cell could enhance the operation time up to 21 %, 21 %, and 14 % for the road cycles of the ECE-40, JP10, and WMTC, respectively. Due to the required features of an actual vehicle, we also designed an energy limiting system to manage the driver-controlled electronic throttle by controlling the instantaneous and maximum power output of the motor in order to achieve savings in energy consumption, increase its operation time, protect the system, and enhance its durability.

scholarly journals Opportunities and Barriers of Hydrogen–Electric Hybrid Powertrain Vans: A Systematic Literature Review

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1261
Author(s):  
Oscar Castillo ◽  
Roberto Álvarez ◽  
Rosario Domingo
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Hybrid Powertrain ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport

The environmental impact of the road transport sector, together with urban freight transport growth, has a notable repercussions in global warming, health and economy. The need to reduce emissions caused by fossil fuel dependence and to foster the use of renewable energy sources has driven the development of zero-emissions powertrains. These clean transportation technologies are not only necessary to move people but to transport the increasing demand for goods and services that is currently taking place in the larger cities. Full electric battery-powered vans seem to be the best-placed solution to the problem. However, despite the progress in driving range and recharge options, those and other market barriers remain unsolved and the current market share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is not significant. Based on the development of hydrogen fuel cell stacks, this work explains an emerging powertrain architecture concept for N1 class type vans, that combines a battery-electric configuration with a fuel cell stack powered by hydrogen that works as a range extender (FC-EREV). A literature review is conducted, with the aim to shed light on the possibilities of this hybrid light-duty commercial van for metropolitan delivery tasks, providing insights into the key factors and issues for sizing the powertrain components and fuel management strategies to meet metropolitan freight fleet needs.

Interfacing an Avista SR-12 Hydrogen Fuel Cell to an Analog Model Power System (AMPS)

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Cockrell ◽  
Daniel Hubbard ◽  
Adam Lint ◽  
Herbert L. Hess ◽  
Brian K. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Power System ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel ◽  
Analog Model

Study on Powertrain Matching Based on Driving Cycle for Hybrid Electric Vehicle

2013 ◽  
Vol 288 ◽  
pp. 175-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Ming Wang ◽  
Hong Wen He ◽  
Heng Lu Tang ◽  
Hong Zhou Qin ◽  
Jian Kun Peng
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Electric Vehicle ◽  
Hybrid Electric Vehicles ◽  
Driving Cycle ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Power Performance ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Hybrid Powertrain ◽  
Electric Bus ◽  
Hybrid Electric ◽  
Kinetic Equilibrium

The performance of fuel economy and emissions reduction of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) strongly depends on the powertrains’ matching and its energy control strategy. The theoretic matching method only based on the theoretical equation of kinetic equilibrium, which is a traditional method, could not take fully use of the advantages of HEV under a certain driving cycle because it doesn’t consider the target driving cycle. In order to match the hybrid powertrain that operates more efficiently under the target driving cycle, the matching method based on driving cycle is presented. The powertrain of a hybrid electric bus is matched, modeled and simulated on the CRUISE, a forwards simulation platform from AVL. The simulation results show that the matching method based on driving cycle presented in this paper could not only meet the requirements of the power performance, but also operate efficiently under the target driving cycle.

scholarly journals Kilowatt-Scale Fuel Cell Systems Powered by Recycled Aluminum

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Godart ◽  
Jason Fischman ◽  
Douglas Hart
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Power System ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Hydrogen Gas ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Cell Systems ◽  
Scrap Aluminum ◽  
Exchange Membrane

Abstract Presented here is a novel system that uses an aluminum-based fuel to continuously produce electrical power at the kilowatt scale via a hydrogen fuel cell. This fuel has an energy density of 23.3 kW h/L and can be produced from abundant scrap aluminum via a minimal surface treatment of gallium and indium. These additional metals, which in total comprise 2.5% of the fuel’s mass, permeate the grain boundary network of the aluminum to disrupt its oxide layer, thereby enabling the fuel to react exothermically with water to produce hydrogen gas and aluminum oxyhydroxide (AlOOH), an inert and valuable byproduct. To generate electrical power using this fuel, the aluminum–water reaction is controlled via water input to a reaction vessel in order to produce a constant flow of hydrogen, which is then consumed in a fuel cell to produce electricity. As validation of this power system architecture, we present the design and implementation of two proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems that successfully demonstrate this approach. The first is a 3 kW emergency power supply, and the second is a 10 kW power system integrated into a BMW i3 electric vehicle.

scholarly journals Benefit and performance impact analysis of using hydrogen fuel cell powered e-taxi system on A320 class airliner

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (1261) ◽  
pp. 378-397
Author(s):  
J. A. Stockford ◽  
C. Lawson ◽  
Z. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThis paper presents the work carried out to evaluate the benefits and performance impacts of introducing a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric taxiing system to a conventional short-haul aircraft. Tasks carried out in this research and reported in this paper include the initial system design, hydrogen tank initial sizing, calculation of the impact on fuel burn and emissions and the evaluation of the effects on Direct Operating Cost (DOC). The Airbus A320 has been selected as the datum aircraft for sizing the system, and the benefits analysis is particularly focused on the fleet composition and financial data of a Europe-based, low-cost, large-scale A320 family operator in 2016. The maximum power capacity of 400 kW has been sized based on the rolling friction coefficient of 0.02. Based on the operator’s 2016 financial, up to 1% fuel reduction can be achieved using the proposed system and the reduction in total maintenance cost is expected to be up to 7.3%. Additionally, up to 5.97% net profit improvement is estimated in comparison with the annual after-tax profit of the datum operator in 2016.

Low Cost Hydrogen Fuel Cell

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (23) ◽  
pp. 109-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Dara ◽  
A. Lam ◽  
K. Fatih ◽  
D. P. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel
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