An improved powertrain topology for fuel cell-battery-ultracapacitor vehicles

Author

Bauman, J. ; Kazerani, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

June 30 2008-July 2 2008

Firstpage

1483

Lastpage

1488

Abstract

A combined battery-ultracapacitor energy storage system is a promising possibility for use with fuel cell vehicles because it combines the advantages of batteries and ultracapacitors. This paper reviews some popular topologies for fuel cell-battery-ultracapacitor powertrains, and presents a new topology which minimizes many of the disadvantages of the other topologies. Simulation results for the new topology are presented and are compared to results for a common fuel cell-battery-ultracapacitor topology. The new topology is shown to improve the fuel economy and reduce the cost of the vehicle.

Keywords

cost reduction; energy storage; fuel cell vehicles; fuel economy; power transmission (mechanical); supercapacitors; cost reduction; energy storage system; fuel cell-battery-ultracapacitor vehicles; fuel economy; improved powertrain topology; Batteries; Costs; DC-DC power converters; Electronic switching systems; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Inverters; Mechanical power transmission; Supercapacitors; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2008. ISIE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1665-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1666-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2008.4677252

Filename

4677252