Smallbone, Andrew and Mohd Razali, Hanipah and Jia, Boru and Scott, Tim and Heslop, Jonathan and Towell, Ben and Lawrence, Christopher and Roy, Sumit and Shivaprasad, K. V. and Roskilly, Antony Paul (2020) Realization of a novel free-piston engine generator for hybrid-electric vehicle applications. Energy & Fuels, 34 (10). pp. 12926-12939. ISSN 0887-0624. (Published)
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Abstract
Free-piston engine generators (FPEGs) have huge potential to be the principal energy conversion device for generating electricity from fuel as part of a hybrid-electric vehicle (EV) powertrain system. The principal advantages lay in the fact that they are theoretically more efficient, more compact, and more lightweight compared to other competing EV hybrid and range-extender solutions (internal combustion engines, rotary engines, fuel cells, etc.). However, this potential has yet to be realized. This article details a novel dual-piston FPEG configuration and presents the full layout of a system and provides technical evidence of a commercial FPEG system’s likely size and weight. The work also presents the first results obtained from a project which set-out to realize an operational FPEG system in hardware through the development and testing of a flexible prototype test platform. The work presents the performance and control system characteristics, for a first of a kind system; these show great technical potential with stable and repeatable combustion events achieved with around 700 W per cylinder and 26% indicated efficiency
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Indexed by Scopus |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Redox reactions; Fossil fuels; Byproducts; Compression; Power |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| Faculty/Division: | Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Norsaini Abdul Samat |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2021 14:25 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2021 14:25 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30513 |
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