Light-weight fuel cell-battery hybrid vehicle demonstration project

Author

Mauldin, R. ; Baghzouz, Y. ; Boehm, R.F.

Author_Institution

Centre for Energy Res., Nevada Univ., Las Vegas, NV

fYear

2006

fDate

23-26 May 2006

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

228

Abstract

This paper describes the conversion of a lightweight pure electric vehicle into a hybrid fuel cell-battery vehicle. Integration of the two power sources, including the installation of a DC-DC converter for regulating the desired operating voltage and controlling the power supplied by the fuel cell, is presented in sufficient detail. The desired performance of the modified vehicle - that is where the fuel cell provides relatively steady power while the battery bank provides peak power - is illustrated by field measurements under different operating conditions

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; battery powered vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; installation; power control; voltage control; DC-DC converter installation; field measurements; light-weight fuel cell-battery hybrid vehicle; operating voltage regulation; power control; Battery charge measurement; Battery powered vehicles; DC motors; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Gears; Hybrid electric vehicles; Power demand; Vehicle driving; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, 2006. SPEEDAM 2006. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Taormina

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0193-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2006.1649775

Filename

1649775