A DEMONSTRATION VEHICLE WITH A PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL HYBRID ENERGY SOURCE

摘要

The aim of this realization is to provide a demonstrator fed by a modular hybrid source and validate the simulation work, which highlighted the interest of hybridization. We used a small robot shown on figure 1; its mass is 30kg and its dimensions on the ground are 400×400 mm{sup}2. A 60W DC brushless motor drives each front wheel; there are also two free rear wheels, so that the robot can move forward, backward and turn round. The robot is controlled thanks to a manual joystick. The energy source is composed of a battery and the fuel cell (FC). The fuel cell has been realised by the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique -