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Fuel-Cell-Powered HEV Design and Control

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A hybrid vehicle implies a vehicle that is powered by more than one source of power. It can be an internal combustion engine and a battery, an ICE and fuel cell, and ICE and solar cells or fuel cell and batteries. The current trend of hybridization of internal combustion engines (ICE) is a result of the inefficiency of ICE. Spark ignition internal combustion engine, SI-ICE, is about 25–27% efficient, while compression ignition internal combustion engine, CI-ICE, (diesel ) is 34–38% efficient [1, 2]. The remaining percentage of the input energy into ICE is expended in the form of heat loss to the coolant and exhaust, by convection, conduction, and radiation, and by combustion inefficiency. The electric drive has a higher efficiency around 90%, as such, it is justifiable to incorporate electric drive into the hybridized powertrain. With the increased use of electronics in cars for various applications, such as visual display of...

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Abbreviations

Balance of plant (BOP):

Auxiliary components that complement a power unit as a functional or operational unit.

Electric vehicle (EV):

A vehicle that uses battery or any other onboard electrical power source to operate the vehicle.

Fuel cell:

A device that uses fuel and oxidant in an electrochemical reaction to generate direct electricity.

High-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC):

A PEM fuel cell that operates between 120°C and 200°C.

Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) :

A vehicle that uses an auxiliary electrical power source, such as a fuel cell or a battery, along with an internal combustion engine (ICE) for propulsion.

Internal combustion engine (ICE) :

A device that converts the chemical energy of fuel in a cylinder to mechanical work through the piston, connecting rod and crank shaft mechanisms.

Low-temperature PEM fuel cell (LT-PEMFC):

A PEM fuel cell that operates between 50°C and 80°C.

Proton exchange membrane (PEM):

A fuel cell that uses either a sulphonated (low temperature) membrane or polybenzimidazole (high temperature) membrane to generate direct electricity.

Reformate:

A fuel derived from fossil fuel (natural gas) after reformation that is a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon monoxide.

Solid polymer fuel cell (SPFC):

Same as PEM above.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Fuel Cell Research and Powertrain Integration, Electrical & Computer Eng, Kettering University, 1700 University Avenue, Flint, MI, 48504-6214, USA

    Dr. Etim U. Ubong

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Kettering University, 1700 W. Third Avenue, Flint, MI, 48504-6214, USA

    Dr. Jim Gover

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    Mehrdad Ehsani

  2. Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Fei-Yue Wang

  3. Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Gary L. Brosch

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Ubong, E.U., Gover, J. (2013). Fuel-Cell-Powered HEV Design and Control. In: Ehsani, M., Wang, FY., Brosch, G.L. (eds) Transportation Technologies for Sustainability. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5844-9_819

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