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Fuel Cell Vehicle Optimization and Control

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Fuel cell (FC) systems with onboard hydrogen storage offer long-range, fast refueling, and high power capability. These attributes make FC vehicles (FCVs) the best option for shared mobility and fleet vehicles with high utilization. A FC system consists of the stack, which performs the electrical conversion of hydrogen to electricity, the balance of plant (BOP) components including pumps and blowers which are responsible for supplying reactants (hydrogen and air) at the correct rates, humidification hardware, and thermal management. FCVs are typically hybridized with a battery to gain the regenerative energy and to improve the system durability by reducing the (a) transient and high current spikes, (b) idling at high open circuit potential, and (c) the number of startup and shutdown cycles. At the vehicle level, satisfying driver’s torque/power demand is achieved by choosing the power split between the fuel cell and battery. Additional improvements in fuel consumption can be achieved through preview or simultaneous optimization of vehicle speed and power split to regulate battery state of charge and fuel cell thermal management. In this entry, different optimal control strategies are reviewed and compared.

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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Miriam A. Figueroa-Santos & Anna G. Stefanopoulou

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    John Baillieul

  2. Automation and Control Solutions, Honeywell, Golden Valley, MN, USA

    Tariq Samad

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università del Sannio in Benevento, Benevento, Italy

    Luigi Glielmo

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Figueroa-Santos, M.A., Stefanopoulou, A.G. (2021). Fuel Cell Vehicle Optimization and Control. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_100145-1

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