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(HIDROIST) Hydrogen Powered Vehicle Team

As a team, we convert hydrogen energy into electrical energy through a 48V 1kW PEM fuel cell stack connected in parallel with the battery in our vehicle, powering the vehicle. All eight electronic systems in our vehicle are designed by our team members. These systems are BMS, BLDC Motor Driver, On-Board Charger, DC/DC, communication system, isolation monitoring device, vehicle control unit, and fuel cell control unit. Our team consists of 3 departments: electronics, mechanics, and sponsorship. All our members are students studying in the departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and Industrial Engineering. Each year, we revise the systems in our vehicle to enhance its efficiency and stability. Here is some pictures of our designs:

Hydrogen PEM Fuel Cell is a device that produce electricity from hydrogen gas. It can deliver 48V 1kW power with pure hydrogen using, and the emission is pure water (H2O gas). We store hydrogen gas in metal hydride hydrogen tanks.

The aim of our project is to draw attention to alternative energy sources. For this reason, we have been participating as a team in the Alternative Energy Vehicle Races organized by TÜBİTAK (Turkey's greatest science and technology company) every year since 2012, and in the Shell Eco-Marathon races organized by Shell since 2015.

With the vehicles we designed as the Hidroist team;

We won the "Best Design Award" in 2012 in the TÜBİTAK Alternative Energy Vehicle Races, the "Turkey First Prize" in 2014 and 2015, and became the champion in the Shell Eco-marathon Turkey races in 2016 and 2017. We also participated in the Shell Eco-marathon on the international platform. Became the Turkish team that best represented our country by placing fifth in Europe. In 2016, we became the only Turkish team to qualify for the DWC (Driver's World Championship) by placing fifth in the world at the Shell Eco-marathon-LONDON races.

In light of the experiences we have gained and the successes we have achieved, our current goal is to achieve great success in the Teknofest (the World's biggest technology festival) Efficiency Challenge in which we will participate.

Our hydrogen-powered electric vehicle brings the technology of the future to the present and prepares our team members for the industry in various engineering fields. All PCB and mechanical designs in our vehicle have been developed by the members of our team.