Optimal Sizing of Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Sources with Reliability Consideration

Adriano Ceschia, Toufik Azib, Olivier Bethoux and Francisco Alves
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Adriano Ceschia: ESTACA’LAB, S2ET Department, École Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile (ESTACA)—Paris Sacley, 12 Avenue Paul Delouvrier, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
Toufik Azib: ESTACA’LAB, S2ET Department, École Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile (ESTACA)—Paris Sacley, 12 Avenue Paul Delouvrier, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
Olivier Bethoux: GeePs, Group of Electrical Engineering—Paris, UMR CNRS 8507, CentraleSupélec, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, 3 rue Joliot-Curie, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Francisco Alves: GeePs, Group of Electrical Engineering—Paris, UMR CNRS 8507, CentraleSupélec, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, 3 rue Joliot-Curie, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-18

Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of optimal sizing reliability applied to a fuel cell/battery hybrid system. This specific problem raises the global problem of strong coupling between hardware and control parameters. To tackle this matter, the proposed methodology uses nested optimization loops. Furthermore, to increase the optimal design relevance, a reliability assessment of the optimal sizing set is introduced. This new paradigm enables showing the early impact of the reliability criteria on design choices regarding energetic performance index. It leads to a smart design methodology permitting to avoid complexity and save computing time. It considerably helps design engineers set up the best hybridization rate and enables practicing tradeoffs, including reliability aspects in the early design stages.

Keywords: optimal sizing; reliability assessment; design methodology; hybrid power source; fuel cell/battery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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