Degree in Industrial Design at the University of Delft in the Netherlands has designed and built a prototype bike, which can be powered by hydrogen. Crijns Bouman, who graduated with a master's credits, the scooter designed Fhybrid the purpose of fighting pollution in inner cities. Industrial designer Bouman: "the appearance of the bike is aimed at selling the clean technology inside."
The bike has an electric motor in the wheel motor that derives its power from a (Li) ions. This battery (primarily when the scooter is stationary) is charged by a compact fuel cell that gets its energy from hydrogen (from a tank) and oxygen (air). The battery also stores energy when the brakes up scooter. Depending on the amount of traffic, this so-called regenerative braking system reduces the hydrogen consumption by 10-20 percent. To use the energy generated during breaking optimally, the scooter is front-wheel drive.
In addition to being environmentally friendly, better than regular gasoline scooters Fhybrid during testing. The Fhybrid has a top speed of 65 km / ph, accelerates faster than regular scooters and can travel 200 km on one tank of hydrogen. Another feature is the parking assist. The electric motor can be very precisely controlled when traveling at low speeds, allowing the driver to park backwards or forwards without having to push the bike set.
The Fhybrid is designed to be hydrogen, but for now the prototype is powered by batteries, with the help of a fuel cell simulator that was specially designed for this project. "A special course and various permits are required to build a hydrogen engine. It was not possible to achieve this during my studies, "said Bouman Crijns. "The faculty is now trying to gather all the necessary resources to fully develop hydrogen scooter."
The drive system Fhybrid comprehensive energy management were built by Epyon, a TU Delft spin-off company, Bouman is one of the founders, and in collaboration with the Delft Design Institute
