Conversion of a Golf car into a Hybrid Fuel Cell Li-ion Battery Vehicle and Validation of the Vehicle Model for the 2006 GEM eL Golf car Using PSAT

Author

Alam, Mohammad Saad ; Gao, David W.

Author_Institution

Tennessee Tech. Univ., Cookeville

fYear

2006

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1224

Lastpage

1229

Abstract

In this paper, a 2006 GEM eL Golf car was first analyzed and designed for similar vehicle requirements. Placement of vehicle components have been calculated and proposed. An automatic hybrid controller for the vehicle power management is also proposed. Further, the preliminary design is simulated as a series hybrid fuel cell li-ion battery vehicle model in PSAT software. The power flow among vehicle components are plotted and analyzed. This design can be implemented in the long run to general vehicles also, thus creating independence from fossil fuels.

Keywords

automobiles; battery powered vehicles; energy management systems; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; lithium; 2006 GEM eL Golf car; PS; automatic hybrid controller; golf car; hybrid fuel cell lithium-ion battery vehicle; power flow; vehicle power management; Battery powered vehicles; Costs; Design optimization; Energy management; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Hybrid electric vehicles; Independent component analysis; Road vehicles; Vehicle driving; Fuel cell; Golf car; Hybrid electric vehicle; Li-ion battery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Technology, 2006. ICIT 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mumbai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0726-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0726-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIT.2006.372443

Filename

4237765