A serial hybrid bus with methanol-hydrogen engine

Hydrogen energy vehicle has become one of the key directions in the field of electric vehicle research and development worldwide. Hydrogen energy vehicles include three kinds such as fuel cell vehicle, hydrogen ICE vehicle and methanol-hydrogen engine vehicle. The paper presents a new kind of serial hybrid bus with an effective methanol-hydrogen engine. The methanol-hydrogen engine is a traditional engine with a methanol decomposer mounted. The methanol decomposer can generate hydrogen with the lost heat of the engine. The architecture of the serial hybrid bus with methanol-hydrogen engine (herein after referred as MHEHV) will be introduced and the detailed analysis of the methanol decomposer will included in the paper.