On the Efficiency of the Fuel Cell Vehicles with Onboard Hydrogen Generation

The present paper explores the impact of an on-board hydrogen harvesting system (fuel reformer) on the overallefficiency of a fuel-cell powered vehicle. various methods of hydrogen production for automotive applications havebeen discussed first. as the hydrogen produetion is one of the major challenges for applieation of proton exchangemembrane (pem) fuel cells, especially in vehicular industry, this paper aims to provide an overview on differentmethods of cold plasma generation and plasmatrons which can be used to improve hydrogen production problem.experimental results from a laboratory prototype have been included as a point of reference.