Title :
Design of a parallel fuel cell-supercapacitor auxiliary power unit (APU)
Author :
Bontour, S. ; Hissel, D. ; Gualous, H. ; Harel, F. ; Kauffmann, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Electr. Eng. & Syst., UFC, Belfort
Abstract :
This paper presents the design, realization and power management of an auxiliary power unit (APU) dedicated to hybrid vehicle applications. The proposed APU is based on a parallel arrangement of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) and a supercapacitor bank. The PEFC provides the mean power to the 42 V DC bus, whereas the supercapacitors bank is sized to respond to the electrical power requirements during transients
Keywords :
hybrid electric vehicles; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; supercapacitors; 42 V; DC bus; PEFC; fuel cell-supercapacitor auxiliary power unit; hybrid vehicle applications; polymer electrolyte fuel cell; power management; supercapacitor bank; Batteries; Energy management; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Laboratories; Polymers; Solids; Supercapacitors; Technology management; Vehicle dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Machines and Systems, 2005. ICEMS 2005. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
7-5062-7407-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICEMS.2005.202677
