Modeling and an Efficient Com bined Control Strategy for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

  • Lee, Nam-Su (School of Electrical Engineering, Kookrnin University) ;
  • Shim, Seong-Yong (School of Electrical Engineering, Kookrnin University) ;
  • Ahn, Hyun-Sik (School of Electrical Engineering, Kookrnin University) ;
  • Choi, Joo-Yeop (Departrnent of Electrical Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Choy, Ick (Department of Information Control Engineering, Kwangwoon University) ;
  • Kim, Do-Hyun (School of Electrical Engineering, Kookrnin University)
  • Published : 2004.08.25

Abstract

In this paper, we first implement the simulation environment to investigate the efficient control method of a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) system with battery. The subsystems of a FCEV including the fuel cell system, the electric motor (including the power electronics) and the tansmission (reduction gear), and the auxiliary power source (battery) are mathematically fomulated and coded using the Matlab/Simulink software. Some examples are given to show the capabilities of the modeled system and d a basic control strategy is examined for the economic energy distribution between the fuel cell and the auxiliary power source. It is illustrated by simulations that the actual vehicle velocity follows the given desired velocity pattern while both SOC control and power distribution control are being performed.

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