High-efficient Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid System for Electric Forklifts

At present, electric forklifts with lead-acid and lithium battery commonly used in the industry have issues such as health and environmental safety hazards, long charging time, high costs and unstable energy efficiency.

• This hybrid system utilises hydrogen fuel cell system and lithium battery to provide electricity, ensuring the sustainable and stable operation of electric forklifts. Furthermore,the hydrogen refuelling programme only takes three minutes, significantly reducing the downtime of the forklift.
• The equipped lithium battery can provide additional power for the forklift to accelerate, climb and lift heavy objects. Even if the hydrogen is exhausted, the forklift can still be driven to the hydrogen refuelling station to refuel by using electricity from lithium battery.
• This high-efficient hydrogen fuel cell hybrid system can be adapted to electric forklifts of different tonnages and types, as well as other types of multi-functional electric vehicles.

• High-efficient design to achieve better system performance
• Modular design to accommodate different types of electric forklifts
• Cost saving and long life-span by adopting smart control strategy

• Best Demonstration Project Award at the “2022 Hydrogen Sky Award”
• Bronze Medal at the "2023 Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions"
• 2022 Best Paper of Journal of Energy Storage

• Electric forklifts at warehouses and logistics centres
• Electric forklifts at construction sites and ports
• Other types of multi-functional electric vehicles