Design of a Hybrid Power Plant for City Buses
University of L’Aquila, Faculty of Engineering, Monteluco di Roio, 67100 L’Aquila (Italy)
World Electr. Veh. J. 2007, 1(1), 68-72; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj1010068
Published: 28 December 2007
Abstract
This paper presents a preliminary system design for a no-emission hybrid power plant for city buses working in a “dense grid” transportation network with short, regular stop spacing.
The vehicle is driven by two electric motors powered by a hybrid unit composed of a fuel cell and flywheel energy storage system that takes into account the characteristics of urban routes.
The advantages and disadvantages of flywheel technology on board a vehicle are examined and discussed and an in-depth study of the proposed hybrid architecture was performed by analyzing and measuring the main power components for a small sized city bus with a 15 passenger capacity.
The vehicle is driven by two electric motors powered by a hybrid unit composed of a fuel cell and flywheel energy storage system that takes into account the characteristics of urban routes.
The advantages and disadvantages of flywheel technology on board a vehicle are examined and discussed and an in-depth study of the proposed hybrid architecture was performed by analyzing and measuring the main power components for a small sized city bus with a 15 passenger capacity.
Keywords:
Buses; Public Transport; Fuel Cell vehicles; Flywheel
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D'Ovidio, G. Design of a Hybrid Power Plant for City Buses. World Electr. Veh. J. 2007, 1, 68-72. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj1010068
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D'Ovidio G. Design of a Hybrid Power Plant for City Buses. World Electric Vehicle Journal. 2007; 1(1):68-72. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj1010068
Chicago/Turabian StyleD'Ovidio, Gino. 2007. "Design of a Hybrid Power Plant for City Buses" World Electric Vehicle Journal 1, no. 1: 68-72. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj1010068
