Comparison of two different electrical power architecture for electric vehicles applications based on Fuel Cell and supercapacitors

Author

Raga, C. ; Barrado, A. ; Quesada, I. ; Lázaro, A. ; Anocíbar, C. ; Sierra, José F.

Author_Institution

Grupo de Sist. Electronicos de Potencia, Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 June 2008

Firstpage

1326

Lastpage

1330

Abstract

The use of Fuel Cells as main source of energy is being extended to automobile applications, due to their good performance. However, Fuel Cells cannot fulfil with strong load requirements produced during the vehicle operation. So, a secondary energy source must be used in order to provide fast changes in the current load, and to store the reverse current generated by the load, if regenerative braking is intended.

Keywords

electric vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; fuel cells; regenerative braking; supercapacitors; DC bus voltage; electric power distribution; electric vehicles; fuel cell; regenerative braking; regenerative energy; secondary energy source; supercapacitors; vehicle wheels; Automobiles; Batteries; Choppers; Electric vehicles; Engines; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Supercapacitors; Voltage; Wheels; Bidirectional converter; Fuel Cell; Supercapacitor; electric vehicle; regenerative braking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2008. PESC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1667-7

Electronic_ISBN

0275-9306

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2008.4592117

Filename

4592117