<p>In recent years lithium-ion battery electric vehicles and
stored hydrogen electric vehicles have been developed to address the ever-present
threat of climate change and global warming. These technologies have failed to
achieve profitability at costs consumers are willing to bear when purchasing a
vehicle. IFBattery, Inc. has developed a unique primary battery chemistry which
simultaneously produces both electricity and hydrogen-on-demand while being
both low cost and without carbon emissions. In order to determine the
feasibility of the IFBattery chemistry for mobile applications, a prototype
golf cart was constructed as the first public application of IFBattery
technology. The legacy lead acid batteries of the prototype golf cart were
replaced with an IFBattery chemistry tuned to primarily produce hydrogen-on-demand
with supplemental electricity. Hydrogen produced by the IFBattery was purified
and then fed into a hydrogen fuel cell where electricity was produced to power
the vehicle. Electricity from the IFBattery was converted to the common voltage
of the golf cart and also used to power the vehicle. Validation testing of the
IFBattery powered golf cart demonstrated favorable results as an alternative to
both lithium-ion battery and stored hydrogen technologies, and displayed
potential for future applications.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/9616829 |
| Date | 14 January 2021 |
| Creators | Michael J Dziekan (7241471) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/DESIGN_OF_A_HYBRID_HYDROGEN-ON-DEMAND_AND_PRIMARY_BATTERY_ELECTRIC_VEHICLE/9616829 |
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