Dynamic Response of an Indirect-Methanol Fuel Cell Vehicle

2000-01-0370

03/06/2000

Event
SAE 2000 World Congress
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper examines the impacts of fuel cell system parameters and control strategies on the dynamic response of an indirect-methanol fuel cell vehicle (FCV). An indirect-methanol fuel cell system model is introduced and explained, and then the effect of parameter variations on the vehicle acceleration from 0-60 mph (ca. 0-100 kph) is analyzed. Varied parameters are the fuel processor response time, the utilization rate and the fuel cell system size (qualitatively). In addition two different fuel cell system control strategies are introduced and are compared with respect to their impact on vehicle acceleration. If poor fuel processor dynamics are the limiting factor, the vehicle acceleration can be improved adopting an alternative control strategy -- without major changes in hardware but accepting a lower fuel economy.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-0370
Pages
13
Citation
Hauer, K., Friedmann, D., Moore, R., Ramaswamy, S. et al., "Dynamic Response of an Indirect-Methanol Fuel Cell Vehicle," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-0370, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-0370.
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Published
Mar 6, 2000
Product Code
2000-01-0370
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English