TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling and thermal management of proton exchange membrane fuel cell for fuel cell/battery hybrid automotive vehicle
AU - Xing, Lu
AU - Xiang, Wentao
AU - Zhu, Runqi
AU - Tu, Zhengkai
N1 - Funding information: This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51776144), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (No. 2020CFA040) and Wuhan Applied Foundational Frontier Project (No. 2020010601012205).
PY - 2022/1/8
Y1 - 2022/1/8
N2 - The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack is a key component in the fuel cell/battery hybrid vehicle. Thermal management and optimized control of the PEMFC under real driving cycle remains a challenging issue. This paper presents a new hybrid vehicle model, including simulations of diver behavior, vehicle dynamic, vehicle control unit, energy control unit, PEMFC stack, cooling system, battery, DC/DC converter, and motor. The stack model had been validated against experimental results. The aim is to model and analyze the characteristics of the 30 kW PEMFC stack regulated by its cooling system under actual driving conditions. Under actual driving cycles (0–65 kW/h), 33%–50% of the total energy becomes stack heat; the heat dissipation requirements of the PEMFC stack are high and increase at high speed and acceleration. A PID control is proposed; the cooling water flow rate is adjusted; the control succeeded in stabilizing the stack temperature at 350 K at actual driving conditions. Constant and relative lower inlet cooling water temperature (340 K) improves the regulation ability of the PID control. The hybrid vehicle model can provide a theoretical basis for the thermal management of the PEMFC stack in complex vehicle driving conditions.
AB - The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack is a key component in the fuel cell/battery hybrid vehicle. Thermal management and optimized control of the PEMFC under real driving cycle remains a challenging issue. This paper presents a new hybrid vehicle model, including simulations of diver behavior, vehicle dynamic, vehicle control unit, energy control unit, PEMFC stack, cooling system, battery, DC/DC converter, and motor. The stack model had been validated against experimental results. The aim is to model and analyze the characteristics of the 30 kW PEMFC stack regulated by its cooling system under actual driving conditions. Under actual driving cycles (0–65 kW/h), 33%–50% of the total energy becomes stack heat; the heat dissipation requirements of the PEMFC stack are high and increase at high speed and acceleration. A PID control is proposed; the cooling water flow rate is adjusted; the control succeeded in stabilizing the stack temperature at 350 K at actual driving conditions. Constant and relative lower inlet cooling water temperature (340 K) improves the regulation ability of the PID control. The hybrid vehicle model can provide a theoretical basis for the thermal management of the PEMFC stack in complex vehicle driving conditions.
KW - Automotive vehicle
KW - Battery
KW - PID regulator
KW - Proton exchange membrane fuel cell
KW - Vehicle integrated thermal management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.146
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.146
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 47
SP - 1888
EP - 1900
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 3
ER -
