Distributed energy management solution to fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle control

Abstract

Hybrid electric vehicle is generally operating several generators with different capacities and properties. This paper proposes a hybrid tramway vehicle. It consists on hybridizing the tramway substation by a hybrid energetic system based on Fuel cell, electrolyser and battery. The hybrid tramway vehicle control should deal with the energy flows coming from each element. This paper proposes distributed energy management which is suitable to manage the simultaneous operation of the different elements by respecting each device capabilities. The results show the capacity of this architecture in reducing the subscribed power and removing the drop voltage and the voltage increase occurring due to the acceleration and deceleration phases respectively.