Method to Determine Fuel Cell Voltage of Hybrid Powered Railway Vehicles for Reducing Traction Circuit Weight

This paper proposes a method to determine the fuel cell voltage of hybrid powered railway vehicles for reducing traction circuit weight. The fuel cell voltage affects traction circuit weight because the number of fuel cell and the required cooling performance of power converters depend on the voltag...

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Published inIEEJ JOURNAL OF INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS Vol. 140; no. 8; p. 606
Main Authors Ogawa, Kenichi, Aiso, Kohei, Kobayashi, Hiroyasu, Kondo, Keiichiro, 賢一, 小川, 浩平, 相曽, 宏泰, 小林, 圭一郎, 近藤
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Tokyo Japan Science and Technology Agency 01.01.2020
Subjects
Circuits
Electric potential
Fuel cells
Hybrid vehicles
Power converters
Traction
Voltage
Weight reduction
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Summary:This paper proposes a method to determine the fuel cell voltage of hybrid powered railway vehicles for reducing traction circuit weight. The fuel cell voltage affects traction circuit weight because the number of fuel cell and the required cooling performance of power converters depend on the voltage. Therefore, the voltage should be determined such that it reduces the weight of the entire traction circuit. We propose a method to determine the fuel cell voltage by evaluating traction circuit loss considering the deterioration of fuel cell.
ISSN:2187-1094
2187-1108
DOI:10.1541/ieejias.140.606