Application of Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Scooter and Development of Hydrogen Supply Technology

Tsai-Wang Huang ； Yao-Chung Huang ； Rebecca Pin Bye ； Kun-Hai Lin ； Hung-Chung Shen ； Lin-Huei Jeffrey Huang ； F.H. Rick Hsiao ； Joson Chuang ； S. L. Chung ； Vincent Jean

《中華生質能源學會會誌》 28卷1&2期 (2009/06) Pp. 31-45

https://doi.org/10.6385/JBESC.200906.0031

摘要

Taiwan is small in geographic size and dense in population, it is also seriously suffered from the pollution caused by scooters and automobiles. Through past years, Taiwan has developed a very strong foundation in both electronics and scooter industries. In view of technology development, utilization of energy sources and environmental protection, Taiwan has gained an outstanding environment for the development of fuel cell electric scooters. Under the sponsoring of Department of Industrial Technology of MOEA, Taiwan CPC Corporation, Asia-Pacific Fuel Cell Corporation and Taigene Corporation jointly implemented an integrated project, which reached the following research results: With respect to the technologies of fuel cell key components: Fuel Cell Stack Humidifier, Quick Connector, Low Pressure Metal Hydrogen Storage Canister, Water Jacket, Water Pump, Blower and Controller, Secondary Transmission Technology, Fuel Cell Controller, DC-DC Converter, Fuel Cell System Integration and Testing. With respect to the technologies of Li-ion secondary battery energy system key components: The maximum output power of Li-battery is up to 2,685 Watt, incorporating with 1,100 Watt from fuel cells, the total power can reach up to 3,785 Watt, enough to meet the requirements of scooters. In addition to the power requirement, other features including the monitoring to Li-battery power level, the half load motor control, the equalization of battery and the overload protection are also realized in this system. With respect to the design of whole fuel cell scooter and components deployment: The design of whole fuel cell scooter and component deployment was completed. The scooter was physically finished its entire feature test and 1,500 kilometers rough road test (equivalent to the driving mileage of 50,000 km on normal roads) in Automotive Research & Test Center (ARTC). A 2.5 kW motor was adopted in the scooter. Through the test performed on the dynamic meter in ARTC, it was concluded that the scooter was in compliance with the requirements of features, whereas, the motor shall be above 4 kW in order to gain better feature performance. With respect to hydrogen supply infrastructure: Taiwan CPC has completed its infrastructure planning and cost analysis of hydrogen storage canister filling and exchange. Additionally, it also started the construction of the first domestic small-scale hydrogen generation demonstration unit, which is fed by natural gas. This unit is equipped to supply the hydrogen to fuel cell vehicles and equipment with the output of 100 Nm^3/h and the purity of 99.99%+ (CO＜1 ppmv).

關鍵字

Hydrogen ； fuel cell ； hydrogen storage canister