FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE SYSTEM WITH GASOLINE REFORMING

Fuel cells offer the potential of ultra-low emissions combined with high efficiency. Hydrogen can be supplied to a fuel cell by reforming hydrocarbon fuels such as methanol or gasoline. Gasoline is more advantageous in infrastructure issues than pure hydrogen or methanol. The authors would propose a gasoline-fueled hybrid vehicle system with a fuel cell and a spark ignition engine. In conventional fuel cell systems using hydrocarbon fuel, the reaction heat is supplied only from burners, but in this system also from the engine-exhausted heat. This system could obtain constant efficiency, starting ability, and system responsibility by operating the engine at a high load range and the motor at a low load range. The study also focuses on basic characteristics of the gasoline reformer. Water and isooctane as a reference of gasoline separately evaporated were mixed at various excess water ratios, and reformed by ruthenium catalyst. This experiment was performed at the range of reformer temperatures from 700 to 850 degrees C in gasoline reforming. The components of CO, CO2, H2O, and H2 were measured by a FT-IR analyzer and a gas chromatograph. The optimum operating conditions of the hybrid system were clarified from the result of the reforming experiment. Furthermore, high efficiency was obtained in a wide load range, and high system responsibility could also be expected. For the covering abstract see ITRD E122175.

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  GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

  INFFELDGASSE 25
  GRAZ,   Austria  A-8010
• Authors:
  • OZAWA, K
  • IMAMURA, Y
  • SAIKA, T
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 35-40
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, TRANSPORT AND AIR POLLUTION, HELD GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AUSTRIA, 19-21 JULY 2002
  • Volume: I
  • Publisher: GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Chemical analysis; Conferences; Electric batteries; Hybrid vehicles; Hydrogen; Petroleum
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reforming
• ITRD Terms: 1315: Battery; 7163: Chemical analysis; 8525: Conference; 1291: Hybrid vehicle; 7187: Hydrogen; 7398: Petroleum; 4593: Reforming; 2417: Renewable energy
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00981130
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 3-901351-59-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 3 2004 12:00AM