Analysis and Sizing of Power Distribution Architectures Applied to Fuel Cell Based Vehicles

The fuel cell based vehicles powertrain is an extensive system that comprises a fuel cell (FC) as the primary energy source, a set of power converters both unidirectional and bidirectional and batteries or supercapacitors as secondary energy sources. Its design is a complex task that affects the mas...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2018-10, Vol.11 (10), p.2597
Main Authors: Raga, Carmen, Barrado, Andres, Miniguano, Henry, Lazaro, Antonio, Quesada, Isabel, Martin-Lozano, Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Automobile industry
Batteries
Computer simulation
Cost analysis
Design
Electric power distribution
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy storage
fuel cell
Fuel cells
Fuel technology
hybrid vehicle
Hydrogen
Maximum power
Power converters
power distribution
Propulsion systems
sizing
Storage batteries
Supercapacitors
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Summary:The fuel cell based vehicles powertrain is an extensive system that comprises a fuel cell (FC) as the primary energy source, a set of power converters both unidirectional and bidirectional and batteries or supercapacitors as secondary energy sources. Its design is a complex task that affects the mass, volume, cost, efficiency and fuel economy of the vehicle. This paper describes a graphic and straightforward sizing of the secondary energy sources needed to fulfil the vehicle load requirements, as well as the set of equations related to the mass, cost and volume of each one of the power distribution subsystems. Moreover, this paper analysis ten different power distribution architectures to conclude which is the most suitable secondary energy source, the minimum sizing, cost, volume and weight, depending on the amount of power delivered by the fuel cell. Also, a 1.6 kW fuel cell based architecture is implemented and testing. The experimental results confirm the proposed methodology.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en11102597