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Innovative renewable energy solutions for hydrogen vehicles
Author(s) -
Tsuchiya Haruki
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.1374
Subject(s) - automotive engineering , photovoltaics , hydrogen fuel , renewable energy , fuel efficiency , green vehicle , battery (electricity) , miles per gallon gasoline equivalent , fuel cells , brake specific fuel consumption , hydrogen vehicle , engineering , brake , environmental science , photovoltaic system , electrical engineering , physics , chemical engineering , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
This paper presents a study of innovative vehicle design for fuel cell vehicles. Surveys on latest technologies of battery, fuel cells, regenerative brake, and photovoltaics suggested three types of fuel cell vehicle design: FCV (simple fuel cell vehicle), HFCV (hybrid fuel cell vehicle with regenerative brake), and HFCVP (hybrid fuel cell vehicle with rooftop photovoltaics). The driving powers of the vehicles are estimated by official 10–15 mode driving test data. Dynamic simulations of HFCVP, using 1‐min solar radiation data of several cities in Japan, show the hydrogen consumption for three driving patterns a year and for the different capacities of battery and hydrogen sub‐tank. The total cost of three types of fuel cell vehicles is estimated by combining cost of fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen fuel. The results show that the hydrogen consumption and CO 2 emission of HFCV are nearly 20% less and that of HFCVP is nearly 40% less than the hydrogen consumption of simple FCV. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.