USING OF NON-CONVENTIONAL FUELS IN HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVES
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University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
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University of Žilina, University Science Park, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
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University of Žilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Univerzitna 1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
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Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618 Lublin, PL
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Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Nadbystrzycka 36, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Publication date: 2016-12-01
Adv. Sci. Technol. Res. J. 2016; 10(32):240-247
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Electric or hybrid vehicles are becoming increasingly common on roads. While electric vehicles are still more or less intended for city traffic, hybrid vehicles allow normal use due to wider driving range. The use of internal combustion engines in hybrid drives is still an inspiration to find the way to reduce the produc-tion of emissions. Numbers of alternative energy resources were studied as a substitution of conventional fuels for hybrid vehicles drives worldwide. The paper deals with the possibility of using alternative fuels as CNG, LPG and LNG in combination with hybrid drive of a midibus with the capacity of 20 passengers. Various aspects and techniques of hybrid vehicles from energy management system, propulsion system and using of various alternative fuels are explored in this paper. Other related fields of hybrid vehicles such as changes of vehicle weight or influence of electric energy sources on the total vehicle emission production are also included.