Durability Oriented Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Energy Management Strategies Based on Vehicle Drive Cycles

Xin Fu (), Zengbin Fan, Shangfeng Jiang, Ashley Fly, Rui Chen, Yong Han and An Xie
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Xin Fu: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361000, China
Zengbin Fan: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361000, China
Shangfeng Jiang: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361000, China
Ashley Fly: Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
Rui Chen: School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Yong Han: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361000, China
An Xie: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361000, China

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-17

Abstract: With the increasing severity of environmental problems and energy scarcity, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), as a sustainable and efficient means of transportation, are attracting more attention. The ageing of fuel cells (FCs) has become an urgent problem with the development of FCEV. In order to prolong the lifetime of FCs, this paper builds a model of a vehicle driven by two power sources, FC and lithium battery (Lib) using AVL Cruise. A rule-based energy management strategy (EMS) is developed in Simulink to explore the optimal control strategy for the vehicle in terms of the durability of the FC. An FC ageing model is used to quantify the degradation voltage of different duty cycles. The results show that the FC engagement levels, OCV operations, and start/stop operations can affect the lifetime of the FC significantly. By optimising the EMS, the lifetime of the FC is improved by 9.47%.

Keywords: fuel cell electric vehicle; energy management strategy; fuel cell ageing (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: 2024
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