Model of a Hybrid Electric Vehicle Equipped with Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Powered by Biomethane

Giulia Sandrini (), Marco Gadola, Daniel Chindamo and Laura Zecchi
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Giulia Sandrini: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, I-25123 Brescia, Italy
Marco Gadola: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, I-25123 Brescia, Italy
Daniel Chindamo: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, I-25123 Brescia, Italy
Laura Zecchi: Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, I-25123 Brescia, Italy

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-23

Abstract: To promote the development of new technologies that allow an intensive use of renewable green energies and to overcome the problem of the lack of range of full electric vehicles, an interesting energy source is biomethane. The Fuel Cells (FCs) systems benefit from high efficiency and zero emissions, and they are generally powered by hydrogen. One of the main problems related to hydrogen FCs is the current weak network of infrastructure’s need to supply the hydrogen itself. An alternative may be the development of FC vehicles powered by methane, or biomethane, to exploit a renewable energy source. The type of Fuel Cells that lends itself to a methane (or biomethane) power supply is the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). Considering the limitations of the SOFCs, a vehicle model powered by Fuel Cells fueled by methane (or biomethane) is created. This work concerns the creation of a vehicle model, and the sizing of the SOFC system (generator delivering a constant 3 kW) and battery pack (30 Ah), for a door-to-door waste collection vehicle, whose mission is known. The latter is a fundamental requirement due to the limitations found for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: slow transient and long ignition times.

Keywords: mathematical modeling; energy consumption; alternative propulsion; Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC); Fuel Cells powered by methane; vehicle model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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