The module FCEV will cover: • Introduction to FCEVs • The design of FCEVs • Battery and fuel cell-battery hybrid vehicles. • Energy flow and management in FCEVs • Electric vehicles drive train components • System and Life cycle analysis for fuel cell vehicles
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Present and criticise the potential, benefits, boundary conditions, and prospects of employing fuel cell vehicles (FCEV) in decarbonising transport and their future market development.
Describe the design basics of FCEV with respect to the main components, their performance and impacts on overall product and be able to apply this knowledge to moderately complex problems.
Estimate environmental benefits of FCEV over competing technologies, both incumbent and future developments.
Communicate information, concepts, problems and solutions to specialists and non-specialists.
Assessment
36869-01 : Coursework : Coursework (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment: 100% individual coursework report 2500 words