TY - GEN
T1 - Novel concept of long-haul trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells
AU - Shabani, Bahman
AU - Andrews, John
AU - Subic, Aleksandar
AU - Paul, Biddyut
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A scale-model hydrogen fuel-cell truck has been designed and its performance tested to gain an improved understanding of the technical challenges of full- scale trucks employing on-board storage and hydrogen fuel-cell systems. A 1/14th scale battery-based replica of a Scania R470 Highline truck was equipped with two 30-W PEM fuel cell stacks and their control units, four metal-hydride hydrogen bottles storing in total 6 g hydrogen. A bank of super-capacitors was employed to smooth out the load placed on the fuel cells and meet the maximum demand of the truck. The hydrogen fuel cell system with the super-capacitor buffer was able to maintain stable operation and continuously supply the dynamic load of the truck over a full range of driving conditions, including during purging periods of the fuel cells. The fuel cell system was found to be more responsive to the changing load than the original batteries. The gravimetric energy density of the fuel cell system was measured to be about 30 % better than the original batteries of the truck.
AB - A scale-model hydrogen fuel-cell truck has been designed and its performance tested to gain an improved understanding of the technical challenges of full- scale trucks employing on-board storage and hydrogen fuel-cell systems. A 1/14th scale battery-based replica of a Scania R470 Highline truck was equipped with two 30-W PEM fuel cell stacks and their control units, four metal-hydride hydrogen bottles storing in total 6 g hydrogen. A bank of super-capacitors was employed to smooth out the load placed on the fuel cells and meet the maximum demand of the truck. The hydrogen fuel cell system with the super-capacitor buffer was able to maintain stable operation and continuously supply the dynamic load of the truck over a full range of driving conditions, including during purging periods of the fuel cells. The fuel cell system was found to be more responsive to the changing load than the original batteries. The gravimetric energy density of the fuel cell system was measured to be about 30 % better than the original batteries of the truck.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84869458972&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-642-33741-3_10&origin=inward&txGid=2091bac160d6ab71f2049b8168657d54
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-33741-3_10
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-33741-3_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-33741-3_10
M3 - Conference publication
SN - 9783642337406
VL - 4
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE)
SP - 823
EP - 834
BT - Proceedings of the FISITA 2012 World Automotive Congress: Future Automotive Powertrains (II)
PB - Springer
ER -