Title :
Optimal sizing of propulsion systems applied to fuel cell based vehicles
Author :
Raga, C. ; Barrado, A. ; Lazaro, Antonio ; Quesada, I. ; Miniguano, H. ; Zumel, P. ; Sanz, M.
Author_Institution :
Grupo de Sist. Electronicos de Potencia, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain
Abstract :
The propulsion system implemented in a fuel cell based vehicle strongly affects the mass, cost and volume of the overall system. The design of a propulsion system architecture, which comprises different power converters and secondary energy storage systems, is closely related to the driving profile applied, since the power and energy requirements depend on the driving profile. This paper tackles the optimum sizing of the secondary energy storage systems, as well as the set of equations that describes the mass and cost of each one of the power train subsystems. After that, ten different propulsion systems are analyzed in order to determine which of them minimize the mass, cost and volume depending on the power delivered by the fuel cell.
Keywords :
cost reduction; energy storage; fuel cell vehicles; power convertors; power transmission (mechanical); propulsion; secondary cells; sizing (materials processing); driving profile; fuel cell based vehicles; optimal sizing; overall system cost minimization; overall system mass minimizarion; overall system volume minimization; power converters; power energy requirements; power train subsystems; propulsion system architecture design; secondary energy storage systems; Batteries; Computer architecture; Fuel cells; Propulsion; Supercapacitors; Vehicles; battery; fuel cell; propulsion system; sizing; supercapacitor; transport; vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2014.6954058
