Combustion Engine Vehicles Research Articles

Work advances on methanol fuel cells

Two projects are moving strongly toward development of methanol-based fuel cells, seeking to provide an alternative to the internal combustion engine in vehicles and to replace conventional batteri...

Prospects for electric vehicles

The state-of-the-art of electric vehicles (EVs) is discussed with examples of prototype vehicles-Electric G-Van, Chrysler TEVan, Eaton DSEP, and Ford/GE ETX-II. The acceleration, top speed, and range of these electric vehicles are delineated to demonstrate their performance capabilities, which are comparable with conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. The prospects for the commercialization of the Electric G-van and the TEVan and the improvements expected from the AC drive systems of the DSEP and ETX-II vehicles are discussed. The impacts of progress made in the development of a fuel cell/battery hybrid bus and advanced EVs on the competitiveness of EVs with ICE vehicles, and their potential for reduction of air pollution and utility load management are postulated. >

The Advancement of Fuel Cell Systems and Spin‐off Battery Technology

AbstractThe possibly large influence of fuel cell technology on several energy conversion and environmental aspects of the future is discussed. Solar energy and other renewable energy sources must have electrochemical storage facilities. Nuclear power can be used efficiently to electrolize water. The replacement of combustion engines in vehicles by fuel cell systems operating on hydrogen is the only way of reducing the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere if the greenhouse effect is becoming a threat. The fuel cell projects related to the manned space vehicles can provide many important spin‐off's for accumulator designs and battery technology.