Modeling of a Hybrid System for a Lightweight Electric Vehicle with Passive-type Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells and Electric Double-layer Capacitors: Application of a Fuel Cell Equivalent Circuit Model

A simple series hybrid power system composed of passive-type polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) and electric double-layer capacitors was adapted to a lightweight electric vehicle. In order to numerically simulate the behavior of the hybrid system, a fuel cell equivalent circuit model was applied...

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Published in:Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing Systems, and Manufacturing, 2007, Vol.1(1), pp.130-140
Main Authors: IMANISHI, Hiroyuki, YOSHII, Taichi, NAKAMURA, Takuji, TAKADA, Yogo, WAKISAKA, Tomoyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Electric Double-layer Capacitor
Electric vehicles
Electrochemical Theory
Fuel cells
Hybrid System
Lightweight
Lightweight Electric Vehicle
Mathematical models
Modeling
Passive-type Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Weight reduction
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Summary:A simple series hybrid power system composed of passive-type polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) and electric double-layer capacitors was adapted to a lightweight electric vehicle. In order to numerically simulate the behavior of the hybrid system, a fuel cell equivalent circuit model was applied and the model parameters were determined using an electrochemical theory and experimental results. Including this PEFC equivalent circuit model, a simulation model of the power train system (PEFCs, capacitors, motor, power controller, inertia, etc) of a lightweight electric vehicle was composed. It has been confirmed that this simulation model can represent reasonably well the dynamic behavior and energy transmission of the system in the experiment on a fixed apparatus constructed as a model of the vehicle.
ISSN:1881-3054
1881-3054
DOI:10.1299/jamdsm.1.130