Materials, technological status, and fundamentals of PEM fuel cells – A review

As concerns of oil depletion and security of supply remain as severe as ever, and faced with the consequences of climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions, Europe is increasingly looking at alternatives to traditional road transport technologies. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) are seen as a promising technology, which could lead to the decarbonisation of the Light Duty Vehicle fleet and to independence from oil. However it still has to overcome some significant barriers to gain social acceptance and obtain appreciable market penetration. This review evaluates the technological readiness of the different elements of BEV technology and highlights those technological areas where important progress is expected. Techno-economic issues linked with the development of BEVs are investigated. Current BEVs in the market need to be more competitive than other low carbon vehicles, a requirement which stimulates the necessity for new business models. Finally, the all-important role of politics in this development is, also, discussed. As the benefit of BEVs can help countries meet their environmental targets, governments have included them in their roadmaps and have developed incentives to help them penetrate the market.

A review of Battery Electric Vehicle technology and readiness levels

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Flow boiling in microchannels: Fundamentals and applications

The idea of Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) lies on the fact that heterogeneous Energy Storage System (ESS) technologies have complementary characteristics in terms of power and energy density, life cycle, response rate, and so on. In other words, high power ESS devices possess fast response rate while in the contrary, high energy ESS devices possess slow response rate. Therefore, it may be beneficial to hybridize ESS technologies in the way that synergize functional advantages of two heterogeneous existing ESS technologies As a consequence, this hybridization provides excellent characteristics not offered by a single ESS unit. This new technology has been proposed and investigated by several researchers in the literature particularly in the fields of renewable energy and electrified transport sector. In this context and according to an extensive literature survey, this paper is to review the concept of the HESS, hybridization principles and proposed topologies, power electronics interface architectures, control and energy management strategies, and application arenas.

Emergence of hybrid energy storage systems in renewable energy and transport applications – A review

A review of composite and metallic bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Materials, fabrication, and material selection

Influence of CrN-coating thickness on the corrosion resistance behaviour of aluminium-based bipolar plates

Cr and Zr/Cr nitride CAE-PVD coated aluminum bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Design and development of a multipurpose utility AWD electric vehicle with a hybrid powertrain based on PEM fuel cells and batteries

Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures can produce tailored complex structures for various applications and serve as substitutes for polymeric foams. In this study, six different types o...

Characterization of additively manufactured triply periodic minimal surface structures under compressive loading

This paper presents the tractive performance of a one-wheeled vehicle equipped with a rotative leg appendage. Traction tests of the vehicle are performed and the maximum coefficient of traction is determined. Tests to measure the pressure distribution created by the legs on a soil bin are conducted to illustrate traction enhancement.

Mario Maza

Papers

Influence of CrN-coating thickness on the corrosion resistance behaviour of aluminium-based bipolar plates

Cr and Zr/Cr nitride CAE-PVD coated aluminum bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Design and development of a multipurpose utility AWD electric vehicle with a hybrid powertrain based on PEM fuel cells and batteries

Characterization of additively manufactured triply periodic minimal surface structures under compressive loading

Wheel+legs - A new solution for traction enhancement without additive soil compaction