Promising components of waste-derived slurry fuels

The paper presents the results of experimental studies of energy (calorific value, ignition delay times and threshold ignition temperatures, duration and temperature of combustion) and environmental (CO₂, NO_x and SO_x emission) characteristics of fuel slurries based on pulverized wood (sawdust), agricultural (straw), and household (cardboard) waste. Wastewater from a sewage treatment plant served as a liquid medium for fuels. Petrochemical waste and heavy oil were additives to slurries. The focus is on obtaining the maximum efficiency ratio of slurry fuel, calculated taking into account environmental, cost, energy and fire safety parameters. All slurry fuels were compared with typical coal-water slurry for all the parameters studied. A comparison was also made between slurries and traditional boiler fuels (coal, fuel oil). The relative efficiency indicator for waste-based mixtures was varied in the range of 0.93–10.92. The lowest ignition costs can be expected when burning a mixture based on straw, cardboard and oil additive (ignition temperature is about 330 °C). The volumes of potential energy generated with the active involvement of industrial waste instead of traditional coal and oil combustion are forecasted. It is predicted that with the widespread use of waste-derived slurries, about 43% of coal and oil can be saved.     

Effects of hydrogen enrichment of methane on diffusion flame structure and emissions in a back-pressure combustion chamber

In the present study, the effects of hydrogen enrichment of methane are investigated numerically from the diffusion flame structure and emissions aspect. Fluent code is utilised as the simulation tool. In the first part of the study, four experiments were conducted using natural gas as fuel. A non-premixed burner and a back-pressure boiler were utilised as the experimental setup. The natural gas fuel consumption rate was changed between 22 Nm³/h and 51 Nm³/h. After the experimental studies, the numerical simulations were performed. The non-premixed combustion model with the steady laminar flamelet model (SFM) approach was used for the calculations. The methane-air extinction mechanism was utilised for the calculation of the chemical species. The numerical results were verified with the experimental results in terms of the flue gas emissions and flue gas temperature values. In the second part of the study, four different hydrogen-enriched methane combustion cases were simulated using the same methane-air extinction mechanism, which included the hydrogen oxidation mechanism as a sub mechanism. The same energy input (432 kW) was supplied into the boiler for all the studied cases. The obtained results show that the hydrogen addition to methane significantly change the diffusion flame structure in the combustion chamber. The hydrogen-enriched flames become broader and shorter with respect to the pure methane flame. This provides better mixing of the reactants and combustion products in the flame regions due to the use of a back-pressure boiler. In this way, the maximum flame temperature values and thermal NO emissions are reduced in the combustion chamber, when the hydrogen addition ratio is less than 15% by mass. The maximum temperature value is calculated as 2030 K for the case with 15% hydrogen addition ratio by mass, while it is 2050 K for the case without hydrogen enrichment. Therefore, it is determined that the hydrogen-enriched methane combustion in a back-pressure combustion chamber has the potential of reducing both the carbon and thermal NO emissions.     

Effect of manifold injection of hydrogen gas in producer gas and neem biodiesel fueled CRDI dual fuel engine

The high flammability of hydrogen gas gives it a steady flow without throttling in engines while operating. Such engines also include different induction/injection methods. Hydrogen fuels are encouraging fuel for applications of diesel engines in dual fuel mode operation. Engines operating with dual fuel can replace pilot injection of liquid fuel with gaseous fuels, significantly being eco-friendly. Lower particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) emissions are the significant advantages of operating with dual fuel.Consequently, fuels used in the present work are renewable and can generate power for different applications. Hydrogen being gaseous fuel acts as an alternative and shows fascinating use along with diesel to operate the engines with lower emissions. Such engines can also be operated either by injection or induction on compression of gaseous fuels for combustion by initiating with the pilot amount of biodiesel. Present work highlights the experimental investigation conducted on dual fuel mode operation of diesel engine using Neem Oil Methyl Ester (NeOME) and producer gas with enriched hydrogen gas combination. Experiments were performed at four different manifold hydrogen gas injection timings of TDC, 5°aTDC, 10°aTDC and 15°aTDC and three injection durations of 30°CA, 60°CA, and 90°CA. Compared to baseline operation, improvement in engine performance was evaluated in combustion and its emission characteristics. Current experimental investigations revealed that the 10°aTDC hydrogen manifold injection with 60°CA injection duration showed better performance. The BTE of diesel + PG and NeOME + PG operation was found to be 28% and 23%, respectively, and the emissions level were reduced to 25.4%, 14.6%, 54.6%, and 26.8% for CO, HC, smoke, and NO_x, respectively.     

Biomass gasification coupled with producer gas cleaning,bottling and HTS catalyst treatment for H2-rich gas production

The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the production of hydrogen-rich fuel gas from J. curcas residue cake. A comprehensive experimental study for the production of hydrogen rich fuel gas from J. curcas residue cake via downdraft gasification followed by high temperature water gas shift catalytic treatment has been carried out. The gasification experiments are performed at different equivalence ratios and performance of the process is reported in terms of producer gas composition & its calorific value, gas production rate and cold gas efficiency. The producer gas is cleaned of tar and particulate matters by passing it through venturi scrubber followed by sand bed filter. The clean producer gas is then compressed at 0.6 MPa and bottled into a gas cylinder. The bottled producer gas and a simulated mixture of producer gas are then subjected to high temperature shift (HTS) catalytic treatment for hydrogen enriched gas production. The effect of three different operating parameters GHSV, steam to CO ratio and reactor temperature on the product gas composition and CO conversion is reported. From the experimental study it is found that, the presence of oxygen in the bottled producer gas has affected the catalyst activity. Moreover, higher concentration of oxygen concentration in the bottled producer gas leads to the instantaneous deactivation of the HTS catalyst.     

Comparative study on the electrochemical performance of coals and coal chars in a molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cell with a novel anode structure

Molten carbonate direct carbon fuel cells (MC-DCFCs) allow the efficient and clean use of coal. In this study, a novel anode structure is designed, and the performances of six coal-based fuels are investigated in MC-DCFC. The mechanisms of performance differences are investigated, as well as the effect of operating temperature on performance. The results reveal the fuel cell performance in the following order: meagre coal (109.8) ≈ bituminous coal (108.7) > bituminous coal char (98.1) > lignite coal (83.7) > lignite coal char (71.3) > meagre coal char (53.2) in mW cm^?2. Coal performs better because of its high carbon content, high volatile content, rich oxygen-containing functional groups, larger specific surface area, stronger thermal reactivity, and other factors. The electrochemical reactivity of coal fuel increased with higher reaction temperatures and varied throughout the temperature ranges. This study implies that using coal fuel to commercialize MC-DCFC could be a realistic alternative.     

Cold-start icing characteristics of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

Understanding the icing characteristics of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is essential for optimizing their cold-start performance. This study examined the effects of start-up temperature, current density, and microporous layer (MPL) hydrophobicity on the cold-start performance and icing characteristics of PEMFCs. Further, the cold-start icing characteristics of PEMFCs were studied by testing the PEMFC output voltage, impedance, and temperature changes at different positions of the cathode gas diffusion layer. Observation of the MPL surface after cold-start failure allowed determination of the distribution of ice formation at the catalytic layer/MPL interface. At fuel cell temperatures below 0 °C, supercooled water in the cell was more likely to undergo concentrated instantaneous freezing at higher temperatures (−4 and −5 °C), whereas the cathode tended to freeze in sequence at lower temperatures (−8 °C). In addition, a more hydrophobic MPL resulted in two successive instantaneous icing phenomena in the fuel cell and improved the cold-start performance.     

Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass investigating different pyrolysis temperatures

Presently, sugarcane bagasse (SB) and oat hulls (OH) have a distinctive potential as a renewable source of biomass, due to its global availability, which is advantageous for producing liquid and gaseous fuels by thermochemical processes. Thermo-Catalytic Reforming (TCR) is a pyrolysis based technology for generating energy vectors (char, bio-oil and syngas) from biomass wastes. This work aims to study the conversion of SB and OH into fuels, using TCR in a 2 kg/h continuous pilot-scale reactor at different pyrolysis temperatures. The pyrolysis temperatures were studied at 400, 450 and 500 °C, while the subsequent reforming temperature remained constant at 500 °C. The bio-oil contained the highest calorific value of 33.4 and 33.5 MJ/kg for SB and OH, respectively at 500 °C pyrolysis temperature, which represented a notable increase compared to the raw material calorific value of SB and OH (16.4 and 16.0 MJ/kg, respectively), this was the result of deoxygenation reactions occurring. Furthermore, the increment of the pyrolysis temperature improved the water content, total acid number (TAN), viscosity and density of the bio-oil. The syngas and the biochar properties did not change significantly with the increase of the pyrolysis temperature. In order to use TCR bio-oil as an engine fuel, it is necessary to carry out some upgrading treatments; or blend it with fossil fuels if it is to be used as a transportation fuel. Overall, TCR is a promising future route for the valorisation of lignocellulosic residues to produce energy vectors.     

Effect of organic fraction of municipal solid waste addition to high rate activated sludge system for hydrogen production from carbon rich waste sludge

Municipal solid waste has been used for bio-methane production for many years. However, both methane and carbon dioxide that is produced during bio-methanization increases the greenhouse gas emissions; therefore, hydrogen production can be one of the alternatives for energy production from waste. Hydrogen production from the organic substance was studied in this study with the waste activated sludge from the municipal wastewater treatment. High rated activated sludge (HRAS) process was applied for the treatment to reduce energy consumption and enhance the organic composition of WAS. The highest COD removal (76%) occurred with the 12 g/L organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) addition at a retention time of 120 min. The maximum hydrogen and methane yields for the WAS was 18.9 mL/g VS and 410 mL/g VS respectively. Total carbon emission per g VS of the substrate (OFMSW + waste activated sludge) was found as 0.087 mmol CO₂ and 28.16 mmol CO₂ for dark fermentation and bio-methanization respectively. These kinds of treatment technologies required for the wastewater treatment plantcompensate it some of the energy needs in a renewable source. In this way, the HRAS process decreases the energy requirement of wastewater treatment plant, and carbon-rich waste sludge enables green energy production via lower carbon emissions.     

Transition to detonation in a hydrogen-air mixtures due to shock wave focusing in the 90 - deg corner

This work presents experimental observation of the ignition modes due to shock wave focusing in a 90 - deg corner in a mixture of 20%–55% H₂ in air with the main purpose of recognizing critical conditions for transition to detonation. The results showed three ignition modes, first ‘weak’ ignition followed by deflagration with ignition delay time higher than ∼1 μs, second ‘strong’ with instantaneous transition to detonation, and third with deflagrative ignition and delayed transition to detonation. The transition was observed only when specific shock wave velocity was reached. The transition velocity for stoichiometric mixture was approx. 715 m/s corresponding to M = 1.75 and 71% of speed of sound in products. For leaner or richer mixtures, the transition velocity increased approaching the speed of sound in products at approx. 18% and 58% H₂.     

Molten salt synthesis of high-entropy alloy AlCoCrFeNiV nanoparticles for the catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol by NaBH4

High-entropy alloy (HEA) AlCoCrFeNiV nanoparticles were prepared from oxide precursors using a molten salt synthesis method without an electrical supply. The oxide precursor was directly reduced by CaH₂ reducing agent in molten LiCl at 600°C-700°C or molten LiCl–CaCl₂ at 500°C-550°C. When the reduction was conducted at 700°C, a face-centered cubic (FCC) structure produced, as identified by X-ray diffraction analysis. With lower reduction temperatures, the FCC structure was absent, replaced by a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure. With a reduction temperature of 550°C, the resulting sample was composed of highly pure HEA AlCoCrFeNiV nanoparticles with a BCC structure of 15 nm. Analyses by scanning electron microscopy/transmission electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy confirmed the formation of homogeneous HEA AlCoCrFeNiV with a nanoscale morphology. In the hydrogenation reaction of p-nitrophenol by NaBH₄, the AlCoCrFeNiV nanoparticles (produced at 550°C) exhibited a catalytic activity with ～90% conversion and 16 kJ/mol activation energy.     

The study of ignition and emission characteristics of hydrogen-additive hydro-processed renewable diesel

This study was conducted to understand the effects of hydrogen (H₂) addition on the combustion and emission characteristics of hydro-processed renewable diesel. Experiments were performed in a constant volume combustion chamber (CVCC) at varying H₂ concentrations (0%, 5%, and 10% (by vol.)) relative to air (100%, 95%, and 90% (by vol.)), initial temperatures (T_ini) of 600, 650 and 700 K, equivalence ratios (φ) of 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 and a fixed initial pressure (P_ini) of 10 bar. Overall, HRD has lower ignition delay (ID) and total ID. However, H₂ addition to HRD delayed the fuel's auto-ignition due to excess H₂ oxidation (H₂+OHH₂O + H) reaction taking place, which turns the chain reactions from branching to propagation, resulting from increasing in ID. Moreover, increasing of H₂ concentrations enhanced the maximum pressure rise (P_max) and heat release rate (HRR), whereas carbon dioxide (CO₂) and unburned hydrocarbon (HC) were decreased due to the higher magnitude of the lower heating value of H₂ than that of pure HRD. Since H₂ itself is a carbon-free molecule, the carbon content of the fuel is reduced. H₂ has the characteristics of fast combustion, resulting in a more flammable and complete mixture, which also makes HC emissions to become lower. However, the higher energy density of H₂ significantly raises the combustion temperature, and subsequent nitrogen oxides (NOx) were increased. The kinetic modeling predictions revealed that the IDs for HRD-H₂ were elongated due to the increased hydroperoxyl (HO₂) and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) mole fractions which led to improved stability.     

A strategy of mid-temperature natural gas based chemical looping reforming for hydrogen production

Steam methane reforming (SMR) needs the reaction heat at a temperature above 800 °C provided by the combustion of natural gas and suffers from adverse environmental impact and the hydrogen separated from other chemicals needs extra energy penalty. In order to avoid the expensive cost and high power consumption caused by capturing CO₂ after combustion in SMR, natural gas Chemical Looping Reforming (CLR) is proposed, where the chemical looping combustion of metal oxides replaced the direct combustion of NG to convert natural gas to hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Although CO₂ can be separated with less energy penalty when combustion, CLR still require higher temperature heat for the hydrogen production and cause the poor sintering of oxygen carriers (OC). Here, we report a high-rate hydrogen production and low-energy penalty of strategy by natural gas chemical-looping process with both metallic oxide reduction and metal oxidation coupled with steam. Fe₃O₄ is employed as an oxygen carrier. Different from the common chemical looping reforming, the double side reactions of both the reduction and oxidization enable to provide the hydrogen in the range of 500–600 °C under the atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the CO₂ is absorbed and captured with reduction reaction simultaneously.Through the thermodynamic analysis and irreversibility analysis of hydrogen production by natural gas via chemical looping reforming at atmospheric pressure, we provide a possibility of hydrogen production from methane at moderate temperature. The reported results in this paper should be viewed as optimistic due to several idealized assumptions: Considering that the chemical looping reaction is carried out at the equilibrium temperature of 500 °C, and complete CO₂ capture can be achieved. It is assumed that the unreacted methane and hydrogen are completely separated by physical adsorption. This paper may have the potential of saving the natural gas consumption required to produce 1 m³ H₂ and reducing the cost of hydrogen production.     

Supercritical water gasification mechanism of polymer-containing oily sludge

In the offshore petroleum industry, polymer-containing oily sludge (PCOS) hinders oil extraction and causes tremendous hazards to the marine ecological environment. In this paper, an effective pretreatment method is proposed to break the adhesive structure of PCOS, and the experiments of supercritical water gasification are carried out under the influencing factors including residence time (5–30 min) and temperature (400–750 °C) in batch reactors. The increase of time and temperature all show great promoting effects on gas production. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including naphthalene and phenanthrene, are considered as the main obstacles for a complete gasification. Carbon gasification efficiency (CE) reaches maximum of 95.82% at 750 °C, 23 MPa for 30 min, while naphthalene makes up 70% of the organic compounds in residual liquid products. The highest hydrogen yield of 19.79 (mol H₂/kg of PCOS) is observed in 750 °C for 25 min. A simplified reaction pathway is presented to describe the gaseous products (H₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄). Two intermediates are defined for describing the reaction process bases on the exhaustive study on organic matters in residual liquid products. The results show that the calculated data and the experimental data have a high degree of fit and tar formation reaction is finished within 10 min.     

Effect of high compression ratio on improving thermal efficiency and NOx formation in jet plume controlled direct-injection near-zero emission hydrogen engines

The Plume Ignition and Combustion Concept (PCC) developed by the authors significantly reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in a direct-injection hydrogen engine under high-load operation. With PCC, a rich fuel plume is ignited immediately after completion of injection in the latter half of the compression stroke to reduce NOx formation. Simultaneously, high thermal efficiency was also achieved by mitigating cooling losses through optimization of the jet configuration in the combustion chamber. This basic combustion concept was applied to burn lean mixture in combination with the optimized hydrogen jet configuration and the application of supercharging to recover the power output decline due to the use of a diluted mixture. As a result, a near-zero-emission-level engine has been achieved that simultaneously provides high thermal efficiency, high power output and low NOx emissions at a single-digit ppm level [1]. In this study, a high compression ratio was applied to improve thermal efficiency further by taking advantage of the characteristics of hydrogen fuel, especially its diluted mixture with a high anti-knock property. As a result, NOx emissions at a single-digit ppm level and gross indicated thermal efficiency of 52.5% were achieved while suppressing knocking at a compression ratio of 20:1 by optimizing the excess air ratio and injection timing, and increasing power output by supercharging.     

System optimization for effective hydrogen production via anaerobic digestion and biogas steam reforming

To construct a system for the effective hydrogen production from food waste, the conditions of anaerobic digestion and biogas reforming have been investigated and optimized. The type of agitator and reactor shape affect the performance of anaerobic digestion reactors. Reactors with a cubical shape and hydrofoil agitator exhibit high performance due to the enhanced axial flow and turbulence as confirmed by simulation of computational fluid dynamics. The stability of an optimized anaerobic digestion reactor has been tested for 60 days. As a result, 84 L of biogas is produced from 1 kg of food waste. Reaction conditions, such as reaction temperature and steam/methane ratio, affect the biogas steam reforming reaction. The reactant conversions, product yields, and hydrogen production are influenced by reaction conditions. The optimized reaction conditions include a reaction temperature of 700 °C and H₂O/CH₄ ratio of 1.0. Under these conditions, hydrogen can be produced via steam reforming of biogas generated from a two-stage anaerobic digestion reactor for 25 h without significant deactivation and fluctuation.     

Production of hydrogen enriched syngas from municipal solid waste gasification with waste marble powder as a catalyst

Marble processing leads to the production of high amount of waste marble powder (WMP) as a byproduct, which can be a potential health risk and has hazardous impacts on the surrounding environment. However, marble is composed of calcite making it suitable for the calcium-based catalyst. Moreover, no study has been carried out to utilize this WMP in municipal solid waste (MSW) gasification process. Therefore, there is a need to address its utilization as a potential catalyst/sorbent in the gasification of municipal solid waste (MSW). A laboratory scale batch-type fixed bed reactor was used to study the effect of WMP addition on the CO₂ adsorption, steam reforming capability and char gasification in the presence of steam. Produced gas composition, gas yield, carbon conversion efficiency and tar yield were examined at different WMP to MSW ratios. Effect of temperature and steam rate varying from 700 to 900 °C and 2.5–10 ml/min respectively were also considered in this study. WMP showed a good capacity towards hydrogen enriched syngas production as well as CO₂ adsorption and tar reforming. The H₂ concentration increased significantly with an increase in the WMP to MSW mass ratio, while CO₂ decreased. A significant effect of temperature and steam rate was also observed on the produced gas composition, gas yield, and tar content. This study helps us to understand the effect of WMP addition in MSW gasification process and thus assists in the industrial application.     

Performance evaluation of a solarized gas turbine system integrated to a high temperature electrolyzer for hydrogen production

In this paper, the performance of a solar gas turbine (SGT) system integrated to a high temperature electrolyzer (HTE) to generate hybrid electrical power and hydrogen fuel is analyzed. The idea behind this design is to mitigate the losses in the electrical power transmission and use the enthalpy of exhaust gases released from the gas turbine (GT) to make steam for the HTE. In this context, a GT system is coupled with a solar tower including heliostat solar field and central receiver to generate electrical power. To make steam for the HTE, a flameless boiler is integrated to the SGT system applying the SGT extremely high temperature exhaust gases as the oxidizer. The results indicate that by increasing the solar receiver outlet temperature from 800 K to 1300 K, the solar share increases from 22.1% to 42.38% and the overall fuel consumption of the plant reduces from 7 kg/s to 2.7 kg/s. Furthermore, flameless mode is achievable in the boiler while the turbine inlet temperature (TIT) is maintained at the temperatures higher than 1314 K. Using constant amounts of the SGT electrical power, the HTE voltage decreases by enhancing the HTE steam temperature which result in the augmentation of the overall hydrogen production. To increase the HTE steam temperature from 950 K to 1350 K, the rate of fuel consumption in the flameless boiler increases from 0.1 m/s to 0.8 m/s; however, since the HTE hydrogen production increases from 4.24 mol/s to 16 mol/s it can be interpreted that the higher steam temperatures would be affordable. The presented hybrid system in this paper can be employed to perform more thermochemical analyses to achieve insightful understanding of the hybrid electrical power-hydrogen production systems.     

Detonation propagation characteristics of H2/O2/AR in multi-angle bifurcation tubes

The propagation characteristics of the detonation wave in the bifurcated tube with the angular variation range of 30°–90° are simulated with 25% AR as dilution gas for H₂/O₂ mixture fuel at chemical equivalence ratio using the solver DCRFoam built on the OpenFOAM platform. The diffraction and reflection phenomena of detonation waves passing through bifurcation tubes with different angles are studied and analyzed. The results show that the distance from regular reflection to Mach reflection increases with the increase of the bifurcation angle so that after one reflection, the detonation forms three reflection forms with the angle of the different bifurcation tubes. After the first reflection, the detonation waves are more likely to induce the formation of transverse waves in the low-angle bifurcation tube. The lowest collision pressure after the detonation collides with the upper wall to form a secondary reflection occurs in the bifurcation tube between 50° and 60°.     

Characteristics and performance of the Co–CeO2 catalyst as a function of the promoter (La,Pr, and Zr) used in high temperature water gas shift reaction

The catalysts used to facilitate the water gas shift reaction (WGSR) are generally harmful to the environment. Therefore, catalysts that have high activity and stability in WGSR and do not pollute the environment need to be fabricated. Herein, three promoters (La, Pr, and Zr) are added into Co–CeO₂ (CoCe) catalyst to improve catalytic performance in a high temperature WGSR to produce high-purity hydrogen from waste-derived synthesis gas. Various techniques are employed to confirm the changes in the properties that affect the catalytic performance. The catalytic reaction is performed at a high gas hourly space velocity to screen the performance of the promoted CoCe catalysts. The CoCeZr catalyst shows the highest CO conversion (X_CO = 88% at 450 °C) due to its high Co dispersion and oxygen vacancy resulting from the addition of Zr to the CoCe catalyst; thus, it is most suitable for use in high temperature WGSR.     

Analysis of air conditioning system impact on a fuel cell vehicle performance based on a realistic model under actual urban conditions

In this study, a practical fuel cell vehicle considering the Heating, Ventilation, and Air conditioning system is considered to analyze hydrogen consumption under different working conditions. As a prevalent hydrogen-fueled vehicle, Toyota Mirai has been meticulously modeled in Simecenter Amesim software. The simulated model covers all of the vehicle's components with a concentration on Heating, Ventilation, and Air conditioning system. Since the air temperature and ‘weather conditions can significantly impact the vehicle's overall performance, various environmental conditions, including temperature variations, humidity, and varied solar fluxes, are taken into account. Furthermore, New York City is chosen as a densely populated megacity to simulate the dynamic behavior of the fuel cell vehicle under actual driving circumstances. The results illustrate that the Heating, Ventilation, and Air conditioning system can notably alter hydrogen consumption under real driving conditions. In this regard, turning on the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning system results in a 19% increase in fuel consumption. Moreover, the degradation phenomenon, which is a typical result of using fuel cell vehicles under urban driving conditions, impacts the vehicle's mileage and hydrogen consumption. The simulation results indicate that a fresh fuel cell stack consumes 80 g of hydrogen, while for 2500 and 5500 working hours fuel cells, the stack consumes 89.6 and 107 g of hydrogen, respectively. Based on the obtained results, a 33.75% increase in fuel consumption occurs by implementing a degraded fuel cell stack under real driving conditions.