Fuel cell (FC)-battery hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) are an alternative to emergent battery EVs. Normally, a dc–dc converter is used to connect the low-voltage dc output of the FC to the high-voltage EV battery and ensure that a slow-changing unidirectional power flow is maintained from the FC. This article proposes to directly integrate the FC as one of the two energy sources in a dual-inverter-based EV drive. A conventional EV battery is used as the second energy source. A power sharing algorithm is introduced, which allows the dual-inverter drive to be modulated such that unidirectional power flow is maintained from the FC. In addition, power flow is controlled such that the minimum FC power to avoid its unnecessary shutdown is maintained under all operating points of an EV drive cycle, including regenerative braking. A key aspect of this algorithm is the injection of motor reactive current as a means to achieve desired FC power transfer during fast mechanical power reduction transients or when low mechanical power is required from the drive. This method allows for the motor to achieve fast mechanical power transients while respecting the slowly changing power reference of the FC.


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    Title :

    Power Sharing Control Algorithm for Direct Integration of Fuel Cells in a Dual-Inverter Electric Vehicle Drivetrain


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    Publication date :

    2022-06-01


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    3509859 byte




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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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