Abstract
Integrated approaches for the heating and cooling requirements of both the fuel cell (FC) stack and cabin environment are critical to fuel cell vehicle performance in terms of stack efficiency, fuel economy, and cost. An integrated FC system and cabin thermal management system would address the cabin cooling and heating requirements, control the temperature of the stack by mitigating the wasteheat, and ideally capture the waste heat and use it for useful purposes. Current work at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) details a conceptual design of a metal hydride heat pump (MHHP) for the fuel cell system and cabin thermal management.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 9 |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Event | Eighth International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems (MH2002) - Annecy, France Duration: 2 Sep 2002 → 6 Sep 2002 |
Conference
| Conference | Eighth International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems (MH2002) |
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| City | Annecy, France |
| Period | 2/09/02 → 6/09/02 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-540-36735
Keywords
- DOE
- FCVT
- FreedomCar
- fuel cells
- hydrogen storage materials
- metal hydride heat pump
- NREL
- vehicle technologies