Design and demonstration of an extended range hydrogen fuel cell utility vehicle

Author

Hearn, C.S. ; Lewis, M.C. ; Thompson, R.T. ; Chen, D. ; Hanlm, J. ; Zuckerman, D. ; Lindsay, T.

Author_Institution

Center for Electromech., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper discusses the design, build, and demonstration of two hybrid electric fuel cell utility vehicles for a program sponsored by DLA (Defense Logistics Agency). The design emphasis for the utility vehicles was range extension over state of the art battery systems using a fuel cell power plant. The design work involved vehicle modeling in PSAT to evaluate different battery technologies and compare the effects of different hydrogen storage technologies on vehicle performance and overall range. The comparative analysis showed that 350 bar compressed hydrogen storage maximized vehicle range and produced a final vehicle design that demonstrated a 300+ mile range during commissioning trials.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; fuel cell power plants; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; hydrogen storage; DLA; PSAT; battery technology; compressed hydrogen storage technology; defense logistics agency; extended range hydrogen fuel cell utility vehicle; fuel cell power plant; hybrid electric fuel cell utility vehicle; state of the art battery system; Batteries; Fuel cells; Hydrogen storage; Lead; Supercapacitors; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-248-6

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2011.6043025

Filename

6043025