Backstepping Control of a Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor System for Electric Vehicle

Clement Depature (1, 2) , Walter Lhomme (1) , Pierre Sicard (2) , Alain Bouscayrol (1) , Loïc Boulon (2)

1 L2EP - Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - ULR 2697
2 UQTR - Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

The development of the control of a Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor system for Electric Vehicle must take into account the stability constraints related to the associations of its components. Numerous studies have achieved control and energy management of Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor Electric Vehicle but real-time applications are insufficient or the stability is not ensured. In this paper, the development of a stable control of the Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor system is proposed by the backstepping method. The backstepping control design procedure is depending on different power paths and a physical decomposition prepares its design. Energetic Macroscopic Representation is used for this purpose. The vehicle power distribution is performed in simulation by the developed stable control and a proposed thermostat strategy.

Domaines: Energie électrique

Clement Depature, Walter Lhomme, Pierre Sicard, Alain Bouscayrol, Loïc Boulon. Backstepping Control of a Fuel Cell/Supercapacitor System for Electric Vehicle. 2016 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Oct 2016, Hangzhou, France. ⟨10.1109/VPPC.2016.7791623⟩. ⟨hal-01877286⟩