The effects of driving patterns and PEM fuel cell degradation on the lifecycle assessment of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran;3. Avrasya University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Trabzon, Turkey;1. University of Split, Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, R. Boskovica 32, 21000 Split, Croatia;2. LTEF- Laboratory for Thermodynamics and Energy Efficiency, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Rudjera Boskovica 32, 21000 Split, Croatia;1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran;2. School of Automotive Engineering. Faculty of Automotive Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, P. O. Box 1681666110, Tehran, Iran;3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Besiktas, Istanbul, 34349, Turkey;1. School of Mechanical, Electronic and Control Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, PR China;2. Suzhou Tsing-standard Automotive Technology Co.,LTD, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215200, PR China;1. FEMTO-ST Institute (UMR CNRS 6174) – UBFC/UFC/ENSMM, 24 rue Alain Savary, F-25000, Besançon, France;2. FCLAB Research Federation (FR CNRS 3539), Rue Thierry Mieg, F-90010, Belfort, France;3. KIPERS Industries, 213 cours de la Libération, F-33130, Bègles, France;1. Systems Analysis Unit, IMDEA Energy, 28935, Móstoles, Spain;2. Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933, Móstoles, Spain;3. Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This research paper mainly deals with the realistic simulation of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and the development of a lifecycle assessment (LCA) tool to calculate and compare the environmental impacts of hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles with conventional vehicles. Since fuel cell vehicles are equipped with regenerative braking, they have strong potential to recover an ample portion of the energy being wasted in the braking system. Thus, the driving cycle can significantly affect the performance of fuel cell vehicles. In order to investigate the effect of driving patterns, several driving patterns are considered, and both vehicle fuel economy and lifecycle emissions are calculated and compared. Fuel cell degradation, on the other hand, is another major problem fuel cell vehicles face. This is mainly caused by the starts/stops, acceleration/deceleration, membrane humidity variation and a high load of the engine. When the vehicle operates on various driving patterns, the fuel cell will degrade which eventually affects the fuel economy. The effect of fuel cell degradation is also investigated for these driving patterns, and the results are compared. The results showed that the highway driving cycle has the lowest total lifecycle emission compared to New York city driving cycle, the city of Surrey (CoS) driving cycle, and the UDDS driving cycles. The results also indicate that fuel cell degradation undesirably affected the average fuel economy of the vehicle for about 23%. |
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| Keywords: | Fuel cell vehicles Fuel cell degradation Driving patterns Fuel economy Life cycle emission |
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