{"title":"Investigation of Optimum Operating Range for a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-IC Engine Hybrid System","authors":"A. Chaudhari, R. Stobart","doi":"10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352274","url":null,"abstract":"A system model of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and internal combustion (IC) engine is developed. The main load on the system is shared by both the fuel cell and the IC engine. Exhausts from the fuel cell are fed into the IC Engine. The performance of the system is studied at various load conditions depending on the amount of hydrogen injected into the IC engine. The optimum range for operation of the fuel cell and IC engine is studied. Results indicate an improvement in efficiency as compared to a conventional diesel engine of similar configuration. The model gives an indication of amount of dilution required in order to prevent NOx formation and engine knocking.","PeriodicalId":129674,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE Conference on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126162213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of Flow Field Manifold for PEM Fuel Cell","authors":"P. Anand, R. Mahesh, M. Rajaram, R. Raveendran","doi":"10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352273","url":null,"abstract":"A model for simulating the flow field of a PEM fuel cell is presented. The effects of not only reaction and two-phase flow but also that of stoichiometric ratio on the flow-field of a fuel cell stack was studied. The aim is to highlight the importance of considering the above effects while doing a fuel cell system-level-analysis and design. These results help in better selection of the geometry to achieve uniform flow field and better evaluation of the pressure required to get the flow.","PeriodicalId":129674,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE Conference on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133811436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Scope for the Research and Development Activities on Electric Vehicle Technology in Pune City","authors":"V. Gulhane, M. Tarambale, Y. Nerkar","doi":"10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352285","url":null,"abstract":"The ever increasing prices of petroleum products and serious environmental pollution problems have accelerated the development of non-polluting electric and hybrid vehicles during last few decades. The new technology of battery operated electric vehicles is likely to replace conventional IC engine automobile technology soon. Pune is a major automobile hub of India. Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Kinetic engineering etc. have their automobile manufacturing units at Pune. Many automobile manufacturing units are situated at Nashik and Mumbai. Apart from these units, some small and medium size industrial units such as Gulane Engineering, Martin Frank (Motion Control) Pvt. Limited and Technovision have already started development of various components for battery operated electric vehicles. However there are some common issues related to electric vehicle technology. These include selection of batteries, selection of electric motors for specific capacity vehicles, design of controllers, design of battery chargers with specific applications to electric vehicles, development of testing facility for testing of electric motors, controllers and battery chargers. In this situation the industry-institute interaction will play a key role and part of R&D and testing activities can get diverted to educational institution with adequate infrastructure. This paper emphasizes basic details regarding characteristics of various motors and controllers used for battery operated electric vehicles. Comparative study of various motors used for electric vehicle applications is presented. The role of local transport authorities in promoting electric vehicles for cities like Pune is also presented.","PeriodicalId":129674,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE Conference on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130729726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Shanmuganathan, R. Govarthanan, A. Muthumailvaganan, A. Imayakumar
{"title":"Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of IC Engine Driven Permanent Magnet Generator Using Matlab/Simulink for Hybrid Tracked Vehicle","authors":"U. Shanmuganathan, R. Govarthanan, A. Muthumailvaganan, A. Imayakumar","doi":"10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEHV.2006.352289","url":null,"abstract":"A simple dynamic model is needed to study the dynamic behavior of IC engine driven permanent magnet generator, which is used in hybrid tracked vehicle. The simple mathematical model for the typical engine is developed using look-up table obtained from actual test bed results and physical equations. Permanent magnet generator model is developed by dq equivalent circuit model approach for the typical generator design parameters. The individual Simulink blocks for engine and generator are developed and analyzed. The blocks are interconnected and the system dynamic response due to induced disturbances is analyzed. The response time of the system to overcome the disturbance is calculated and it is within the accepted level.","PeriodicalId":129674,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE Conference on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117185773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}