Development of a model of on-board PEMFC powered locomotive with a metal hydride cylinder
- Railway Technical Research Inst., Kokubunji, Tokyo (Japan). Prototype Manufacturing Center
This paper presents a phase-zero evaluation case of installing on-off-board hybrid powered Electric Motor Vehicle (EMV) in existing and new local line and reports development of a model fuel cell powered locomotive. EMV such as electric car and locomotive are a new conceptual EMV using hybrid power between off-board substation and on-board Regenerative Fuel Cell (RFC) power system with Metal Hydride (MH) stored hydrogen generated with water electrolyzer by off-board surplus power. In this study, it is estimated a possibility to close power gap over 30% in placing the new conceptual vehicle. The Locomotive is a 110 cm long locomotive powered by a 20 W PEMFC configured with 20 cells and supplies with about 2 g hydrogen, from a cylinder of 100 g metal hydride, and natural convection air (O{sub 2}). Measuring 50 cm (W), 50 cm (H), and weighting 25.8 kgf, the locomotive has a permanent magnet motor with a rated power 38 W (12 V, 3 A) and ran on railway that has a gauge of 126 mm (3 feet 6 inches/8.5 = 4.94 inches), a length of 100 m. The performance of this train was acceleration of 0.5 m/s, cruising speed of 4.1 m/s at traction force of 15.8 N (1.6 kgf), average rolling friction of 5 N (460 gf).
- OSTI ID:
- 162915
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950412-; ISBN 1-55899-296-0; TRN: IM9604%%19
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 17-21 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion -- Batteries, capacitors and fuel cells; Doughty, D.H. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; Vyas, B. [ed.] [AT and T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ (United States)]; Takamura, Tsutomu [ed.] [Rikkyo Univ., Tokyo (Japan)]; Huff, J.R. [ed.] [Ballard Power Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; PB: 463 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 393
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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