DYNA JOURNAL ENGINEERING

Key words:

Pila de combustible, almacenamiento de energía, sistema de control, sistema de gestión de la energía, transporte, fuel cell, energy storage, control system, energy management system, transport.

Article type:

ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION / RESEARCH ARTICLE

Section:

RESEARCH ARTICLES

This paper describes the configuration, modelling and control of a new hybrid propulsion system for the Zaragoza tramway.The new tramway
configuration is composed by a Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel-Cell (PEM FC) as main energy source and a Li-ion battery and an Ultra-Capacitor
(UC) as energy storage systems. Thus, the battery supports to the FC during the starting and absorbs the power generated by the regenerative braking. Otherwise, the UC, which is the element with the fastest dynamic response, acts mainly during power peaks which are beyond the operation range of the FC and battery. The FC, battery and UC provide with DC/DC converters which allow their connection to the DC bus and control the energy exchange. The new energy management system described is composed by three control loops in cascade for the FC converter and two control loops for the battery and UC. This control system has been evaluated for the real driving cycle of the tramway. The results show how the control system is valid for its application in this hybrid system.