Modeling and characterization of ultra capacitor for fuel cell vehicle simulator

Author

Benyahia, N. ; Zaouia, M. ; Denoun, H. ; Benamrouche, N. ; Rekiuoa, T. ; Djerdir, A.

Author_Institution

Lab. des Technol. Av. en Genie Electr. (LATAGE), Univ. de Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is the modeling and the characterization of a hybrid power source combining ultra capacitors and proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The related theoretical study is validated through experimental measurements. After establishing the ultra capacitor model, a brief study of a PEMFC is presented taking into account the fuel starvation phenomenon which causes serious problems during the operating modes where the load changes rapidly, such as vehicle accelerations. To validate this study a PEMFC real time simulator has been build using dSpace device. Then, this tool has been used to demonstrate the main role of ultra capacitors in terms of preventing the starvation phenomena in FCEV.

Keywords

fuel cell vehicles; hybrid power systems; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; supercapacitors; PEMFC; dSpace device; fuel cell vehicle simulator; fuel starvation phenomenon; hybrid power source; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; real time simulator; ultra capacitor; Batteries; Capacitance; Capacitors; Fuel cells; Load modeling; Vehicles; Voltage measurement; Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV); Real time simulation; Ultra capacitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lille

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2013.6634331

Filename

6634331