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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Fuel Cell-Powered HEV Design and Control
Authors : E. Ubong, J. Gover
Published in: Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles
Publisher: Springer New York
Excerpt
Balance of plant (BOP)
Auxiliary components that complement a power unit as a functional or operational unit.
Electric vehicle (EV)
A vehicle that uses battery or any other onboard electrical power source to operate the vehicle.
Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV)
A vehicle that uses both an auxiliary electrical power source such as fuel cell or battery along with an internal combustion engine (ICE) for propulsion.
Fuel cell
A device that uses fuel and oxidant in an electrochemical reaction to generate direct electricity.
High-temperature PEM fuel cell (HT-PEMFC)
A PEM fuel cell that operates between 120 and 200 °C.
Low-temperature PEM fuel cell (LT-PEMFC)
A PEM fuel cell that operates between 50 and 80 °C.
Proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell
A fuel cell that uses solid polymer as an electrolyte for proton conductivity when humidified. It operates between 60 °C and 80 °C. An example of a proton-exchange membrane is Nafion made by DuPont Company, Gore-Select-membrane by W.L.Gore and Associates, 3 M, Johnson Matthey and many others.
Solid polymer fuel cell (SPFC)
Same as PEM above.
Reformate
A fuel derived from fossil fuel (natural gas) after reformation that is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
