Abstract:
With the current world situation where pollutions are destroying our world, clean
technologies are emerging fast and rapidly due to the demand for a better world. To
meet this demand, the idea of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are introduced in order to
reduce the pollutions by introducing the hydrogen as the energy source. Hydrogen fuel
cell vehicles combine both fuel cell and hydrogen storage tank to generate the electricity
for the vehicle. In this research, a simulation and optimization of hydrogen storage tank
for a prototype fuel-cell car were conducted by using genetic algorithms. The
mathematical equations of the car system were derived from hydrogen tank, fuel cell,
amplifier and motor and simulated using SIMULINK. The hydrogen tank was
optimized by minimizing the cost of hydrogen tank using the OPTIMIZE TOOL. By
comparing the different values for diameter and height, the values obtained from the
OPTIMIZE TOOL is effective and could estimate the minimum cost to develop the
hydrogen tank. The results seem to be promising and could be further extended to real
size of car, to realize the future car powered by hydrogen as a fuel.
