A novel energy management strategy for fuel-cell/supercapacitor hybrid vehicles

Hybrid platforms powered by fuel cell and supercapacitor represent a powertrain with active state-dependent constraints, providing an adverse scenario for the energy management. In these platforms, the performance of the vehicle in terms of efficiency and power compliance is noticeably affected by t...

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Autores: Carignano, Mauro, Costa Castelló, Ramon|||0000-0003-2553-5901, Nigro, Norberto, Junco, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/112556
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/112556
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1776
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hybrid electric vehicles
Fuel cells
Constraints
Energy Management
Fuel Cell
Hybrid Vehicle
Supercapacitor
Piles de combustible
Vehicles elèctrics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
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Sumario:Hybrid platforms powered by fuel cell and supercapacitor represent a powertrain with active state-dependent constraints, providing an adverse scenario for the energy management. In these platforms, the performance of the vehicle in terms of efficiency and power compliance is noticeably affected by the energy management strategy. This paper presents a novel energy management strategy based on the estimation of the future energy demand. The strategy aims for maintaining the state of energy of the supercapacitor between two limits, which are computed online using the states of the system. The performance of the proposed strategy is tested by simulation in a hybrid electric bus operated under real urban driving conditions. The results show improvements on hydrogen consumption and on power compliance compared to the widely reported Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy. Also, the results include the comparison with the optimal strategy obtained offline through Dynamic Programming.