Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2021, 23(4):E56-E67 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2021.4.E56-E67

Optimization of Energy Management in a City Bus Powered by the Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Arkadiusz Małek ORCID...1, Rodolfo Taccani ORCID...2, Dariusz Kasperek ORCID...3, Jacek Hunicz ORCID...4
1 University of Economics and Innovation, Lublin, Poland
2 University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
3 Ursus Bus, Lublin, Poland
4 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland

The article describes the design and optimization of operation of an electric bus  powered  by  the  hydrogen  fuel  cells.  At  the  beginning,  an  approach  to  design  of  a  12-meter  urban  bus,  powered  by  hydrogen,  is  presented,  as  well  as  examples  of  components  for  its  construction.  Next,  the  problem  of  selecting  the  size  of  traction  batteries  and  stacks  of  the  Proton  Exchange  Membrane  (PEM)  hydrogen  fuel  cells  was  discussed.  These  are  the  key  components  affecting  the  price  of  the  bus  and  should  be  subject  to  optimization. The results of optimization of the size of traction batteries and the  fuel  cell  system  for  a  bus  traveling  in  inter-city  traffic  are  presented.  The optimization was based on data from the literature and data from the monitoring system of actual hydrogen powered buses located on the Internet platform.  The  main  purpose  of  the  research,  which  was  to  determine  the  total costs of ownership (TCO), is presented as well.

Keywords: hydrogen; fuel cell; fuel cell bus; control strategy; total costs of ownership; energy management

Received: September 17, 2020; Accepted: March 22, 2021; Prepublished online: August 23, 2021; Published: October 1, 2021  Show citation

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Małek, A., Taccani, R., Kasperek, D., & Hunicz, J. (2021). Optimization of Energy Management in a City Bus Powered by the Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 23(4), E56-67. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2021.4.E56-E67
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