RT Journal Article
T1 Analysis and Sizing of Power Distribution Architectures Applied to Fuel Cell Based Vehicles
A1 Raga Arroyo, María Carmen
A1 Barrado Bautista, Andrés
A1 Miniguano Miniguano, Henry Santiago
A1 Lázaro Blanco, Antonio
A1 Quesada Redondo, Isabel
A1 Martín Lozano, Alberto
AB 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.
PB MDPI
SN 1996-1073
YR 2018
FD 2018-09-29
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/28125
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/28125
LA eng
NO This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and ERDF, grant number DPI2014-53685-C2-1-R.This work has been partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy andCompetitiveness and FEDER (ERDF), through the research project “Storage and Energy Management for HybridElectric Vehicles based on Fuel Cell, Battery and Supercapacitors”—ELECTRICAR-AG—(DPI2014-53685-C2-1-R).
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