Small-Sized Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicle: Design, Construction and Analysis

This paper introduces a compact Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicle (FCHEV) developed for university campuses, serving educational, research, and security mobility purposes. The proposed FCHEV is designed for use within universities’ campuses for educational and research purposed and to facilitate mobility for security staff. Initially, Autonomie software© is utilized for sizing the powertrain components of the proposed FCHEV where it consists of a Fuel Cell (FC) stacks and battery pack. The FCHEV is then constructed and tested on the Hashemite University campus, achieving a maximum speed of 47 km/h in simulations and 41 km/h in real-world testing. The simulation indicates a fuel consumption of 221 km per kg of H2, while experimental results show 207 km per kg of H2. The strong similarity observed between experimental and simulation results affirms the credibility of the proposed methodology.