15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY APPLIED TO HYBRID FUEL CELL POWERED VEHICLE
G. Paganelli1, T.M. Guerra2, S. Delprat2
Y. Guezennec1, G. Rizzoni1
1 Center for Automotive Research - Ohio State University
930 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212 - USA
2 LAMIH UMR CNRS 8530 - Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis
le Mont Houy 59313 Valenciennes CEDEX 9 - France
This paper focuses on the energy management control strategy for a hybrid fuel cell powered vehicle. A method based on optimal control theory is presented. This control strategy has been applied to a representative hybrid PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell mid-size vehicle. Simulation results on a priori known driving cycle are presented and compared to a sub-optimal strategy.
Keywords: Hybrid vehicles, Energy management systems, Optimal control, Optimal power flow, Fuel cell
E-mail: paganelli@imrt.mavt.ethz.ch
Session slot T-We-A05: Optimization and Control of Hybrid Powertrains/Area code 8b : Automotive Control