Drive Cycle Energy Efficiency of Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor Passive Hybrid Vehicle System
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

The electric vehicle with passive hybridization of fuel cells and supercapacitors leads to lower cost and compactness due to the absence of DC/DC converters. This paper models such a vehicle and evaluates the energy efficiency of its powertrain system. The powertrain component losses, as functions of electric machine torque, speed and DC-link voltage, are modelled with a high level of detail which are verified against available test data. Compared to a pure fuel cell system, the fuel cell efficiency is higher when supercapacitors are introduced under pulse current load, and it is higher at lower current amplitude. As the pulse current frequency increases, the fuel cell efficiency also increases due to higher proportional current from the high-efficiency supercapacitors. A multiplicity of drive cycles is selected, divided into a low, middle, and high speed category to analyze the powertrain efficiency. The total powertrain energy efficiency varies between 53%-71% during propulsion for the studied drive cycles, whereas it is higher during braking ranging from 84% to 94%. The differences are closely related to the speed, acceleration, and DC-link voltage levels. The lower powertrain efficiency causes higher hydrogen consumption, leading to a reduced fuel cell efficiency at high speed, high acceleration and low DC-link voltage.

drive cycles

passive hybridization

energy efficiency

hydrogen consumption

supercapacitors

fuel cells

Författare

Qian Xun

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Yujing Liu

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Xiaoliang Huang

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Emma Grunditz

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Jian Zhao

Chalmers, Elektroteknik, Elkraftteknik

Nan Zhao

University College Dublin

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

0093-9994 (ISSN) 1939-9367 (eISSN)

Vol. 57 1 894-903 9247492

Cost-effective drivetrains for fuel cell powered EVs

Kompetenscentrum för forskning och utveckling av el- och hybridfordon (SHC), 2017-01-01 -- 2019-06-30.

Bränslecellsdrivsystem med svävande spänning

Energimyndigheten (44935-1), 2018-01-01 -- 2018-08-31.

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Transport

Energi

Ämneskategorier

Reglerteknik

Annan elektroteknik och elektronik

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2020.3035551

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