Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Trainer
(EV117)
- Understanding hydrogen fuel cells.
- Modeling energy flow.
- Investigating discrepancies between predicted and observed performance.
- Understanding fuel cell system performance and how to optimize operation.
- Examining three areas of energy management.
- Using models to describe car motion.
- Understanding contemporary batteries.
- Analyzing graphs and data collected from the car on the bench.
- Taking measurements on the charging bench.
- Investigating how fuel cell component arrangement affects performance.
- Measuring electrical energy changes.
- Measuring on the track.
- Changing the car's energy system components.
- Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Trainer (EV117).
- BEDO Software.
- Hard copy user manual.
- Laboratory PC.
- Digital content (BI01).
- Multimeter.
The trainer is a realistic model of a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle, with the difference that it stores hydrogen in metal hydride rather than high pressure and it is used on a test bench with a built-in breaking device. This provides students with an outstanding collection of hardware, software, and digital curricular resources. It is an optimal option for testing how well a low-power prototype device might perform in commercial applications while being cost-effective.
- The Fuel Cell Automotive Trainer demonstrates how hybrid propulsion technology optimizes automotive performance while minimizing environmental effect.
- The trainer's major components include:
- Fuel cell stack.
- Pressure switch and regulator.
- Monitoring board.
- Hydro-fill station.
- Battery.
- Testing bench.
- Remote-control.
- Power supply.
- The pressure regulator controls the fuel inlet pressure to the system.
- The monitoring board measures voltage and current from the motor, fuel cell, and battery, along with distance traveled.
- The monitoring board includes an Arduino board, a Rock Pi HTML WEB server interface, and an SD card for storing data.
- The information gathered includes push force, battery charge, motor voltage, battery and fuel cell voltages, current, and speed.
- The trainer has a hydro-fill station that electrolyzes water to provide pure hydrogen for storage. Water and electricity are the only required inputs.
- The battery used for the operation of the driving mechanism is pre-installed on the chassis.
- The trainer has a custom-made testing bench to assess breaking force under various scenarios.
- The fuel cell system includes built-in safety features and is intended to turn off on its own in the event that any operating circumstance outside of its operational range arises. Low fuel pressure, low cell voltage, high current, and high temperature are examples of possible circumstances.