Development of Energy Recovery Technology for Class 8 Fuel Cell Truck
January 1, 2018Toyota Motor Corporation Engineering, 2017-18
Liaison(s): Justin Ward, Tak Yokoo
Advisor(s): Okitsugu Furuya
Students(s): Duncan Crowley (TL-F), Sean Mahre (TL-S), Mina Berglund, Rilke Griffin, Kim Tran
The Toyota Clinic project aims to investigate alternative methods of storing and utilizing energy recovered in the regenerative braking process of Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell drayage truck. This involves researching and ideating various energy storage solutions and quantifying the amount of energy that can be recovered along several drayage routes from the Port of Los Angeles to Long Beach.