Research Article

An Improved Test Method for Energy Consumption and Range of Fuel Cell Vehicles

Table 2

The measurement and calculation results of H2 consumption and range of the plug-in FCV.

ItemDataRemark

Range385.01 kmMeasured
Output energy of fuel cell stack65.6 kWhMeasured
Net energy change of traction battery16.7 kWhMeasured
Mass of H2 consumption3.55 kgMeasured
Electric energy from grid17.3 kWhMeasured
The total energy from traction battery and fuel cell stack82.3 kWhCalculated
Contribution percentage of traction battery20.3%Calculated
Contribution percentage of fuel cell stack79.7%Calculated
Range contributed by traction battery78.1 kmCalculated
Range contributed by fuel cell stack306.9 kmCalculated
H2 consumption per 100 km1.16 kg/100 kmCalculated
Electric energy consumption per 100 km22.1 kWh/100 kmCalculated