Development and engineering of hydrogen powered propulsion systems

In many commercial vehicle applications, the use of hydrogen as a propulsion system without CO2 emissions is very interesting. The conversion of hydrogen in an internal combustion engine is interesting in heavy-duty applications, where a fuel cell will put an unfavorable load on the cooling system. Similarly, there is a strong demand for the use of hydrogen in the combustion engine in very price-sensitive light-duty applications.

In a cooperative project, Robert Bosch GmbH and FKFS have investigated the prediction performance of the UserCylinder® simulation software in hydrogen powered operation. We are pleased to publish the results here: Hydrogen Comubustion A very high quality of results is shown in a validation at 80 operating points. This is the result of intensive research and development activities at the FKFS around synthetic fuels and hydrogen in the last years.

Since the current release, this impressive prediction quality is directly available to all users of the UserCylinder® software, who can then also use it to virtually convert their own engines to hydrogen operation.

Hydrogen engines will also be available in the future as part of our digital engine construction kit.

 

Contact

Franziska Liedecke
Ph.: +49 711 685-66693
presse(at)fkfs.de