The fuel-cell vehicle experience - lithium ion battery pack
Honda FCV Clarity was the first fuel cell car I 've ever been to and I don't seem to understand what the fuss is about.
In a few minutes, I will be driving in a short period of time and then driving myself, but judging from the car operation I saw at Tochigi Honda R & D headquarters, Japan, this does not seem to be a scientific experiment on the wheel.
Even when I went in, I found the door slammed and there was room for three people in the back seat (as I learned later, it was a big deal ), although the seat position on the back bench is a bit knee-
It's quite a comfortable place to get up.
It is normal because a better word is missing;
The clear feeling actually means the team in charge of the car does a good job.
Feedback from leasers, the predecessor of FCX Clarity (FCV Clarity), is for a vehicle like-sized petrol-powered sedan.
Honda, which has been working on fuel cell vehicles for more than 20 years, launched FCV Clarity in Japan and parts of Europe and the United States last year, marking a big step in the journey.
Like on other fuel cell cars, the hydrogen stored on board will also react with the oxygen in the battery, generate electricity, power the drive motor, and water is the only by-product
Product of the process.
However, a major breakthrough in clarity is to reduce the size of the fuel cell stack while increasing its bulk power density.
The FCV Clarity's fuel cell stack is a third smaller than the FCX's fuel cell stack, and the smaller one allows it to be located under the hood rather than in the center tunnel, make the middle and back seats possible.
The entire fuel cell power system, including the fuel cell stack, hydrogen and air supply system, and the drive mechanism, is now combined in a package similar to gasoline v6.
The peak power is 130 KW or about 177hp. Two high-
Pressure tanks of different sizes store hydrogen while lithium-
The ion battery pack under the floor stores the power generated by the fuel cell and the regenerative braking.
The standard battery feels clear-electric car.
The initial acceleration is strong, the clarity responds well to the throttle input in the drive, but the power will run out soon too.
It is expected that there is little noise except for the slight rotation of the air compressor set
Deliver air to the fuel cell stack.
Really, this is a means of transportation without feelings.
In fact, let that way without feelings
Distance transportation.
Honda claims that the company's filling time is 3 minutes and the cruising range is as high as 750 km kilometers.
Definitely better than charging battery electric cars every other day.
As a result, the range of clarity is wide, emitting only water and using hydrogen, the most abundant element on Earth.
It sounds great. isn't it true?
There's a trap.
Hydrogen is usually present in compounds with other elements (including fuel), and the separation of hydrogen is an expensive process, which can also pollute the environment according to the method used.
Storage and Distribution are other obstacles, which is why the supply of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles has so far been limited to small places around the world.
For us in India, the nearest hydrogen pump is only a few thousand kilometers away.
You can safely rule out the possibility that fuel cells will enter India in the next 10 or 20 years, but who knows that fuel cells like Clarity may become the new normal elsewhere in the world, in the near future. Did you know?
FY17 produced a total of 25 million vehicles, two of which
According to the Indian Association of Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), wheel manufacturers account for 78% and passenger cars account for 15% of production.