Energy management of fuel cell electric vehicle with hydrid tanks

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel control strategy for fuel cell electric vehicle including hydrid tanks using fuzzy logic controller. The aim of the study is to manage both thermal and electric energy with the same controller in order to use the fuel cell system as a range extender by preventing the batteries state of charge to drop too quickly. The presented controller use both batteries state of charge and thermal status of hydrid tank to control the fuel cell power. This work is a part of the Mobypost project, which aims to build and test a fleet of 10 fuel cell electric vehicles with their own refuelling hydrogen station based on hydrogen production by water electrolysis with solar panel.