Power distribution control for a fuel cell hybrid electric bus

Hong Wen He*, Cheng Ning Zhang, Xiao Jiang Yu

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Abstract

Under the pressure of air pollution and oil shortage of transportations, hydrogen as a renewable and clean energy gets more and more attentions from all over the world. There predicts that the 21st century will be a hydrogen century. Nowadays, for the cost and not matured technology of fuel cell stack, hybrid system becomes the best solution. For a 5-ton fuel cell hybrid electric bus discussed in this paper, high-pressure PEMFC and high-power NiMH battery pack forms the hybrid system. In order to obtain the higher fuel efficiency and avoid the frequent charge & discharge of battery pack, a control strategy for the fuel cell-oriented control is proposed. The controlling limitation model for the high-pressure fuel cell engine is built. The control logic to realize the fuel cell as the primary power source and maintain the SOC of battery pack is built. Experimental results indicate that the fuel cell power can follow the driver's requirement very well. The hybrid vehicle's hydrogen consumption is up to 2.464 kg·(100km)-1 (25.2mpg).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVPPC 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference
Pages62-65
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
EventVPPC 2007 - 2007 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference - Arlington, TX, United States
Duration: 9 Sept 200712 Sept 2007

Publication series

NameVPPC 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference

Conference

ConferenceVPPC 2007 - 2007 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington, TX
Period9/09/0712/09/07

Keywords

  • Fuel cell engine
  • Hybrid electric vehicle
  • Model
  • Power distribution

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