Multiple-Fuel Cell Module Architecture Investigation: A Key to High Efficiency in Heavy-Duty Electric Transportation
Résumé
This article is on the subject of the multiple-fuel cell (MFC)
power module system in heavy-duty (HD) electric transportation. The
MFC system is promising for increasing the system power level,
redundancy, and lifetime and to reduce costs. In particular, the
number of FC modules can affect system fluidic and electrical
architectures significantly. Furthermore, system complexity and
performance can also be influenced. Different MFC system electric
architectures can lead to system global efficiency varying a lot,
which is closely related to fuel economy. Meanwhile, an
optimization strategy can also be used to help assign power demand
among FC modules more efficiently, then help reduce power loss and
hydrogen consumption. Hence, this article aims to make an
investigation of MFC system architecture development in HD electric
transportation and find the most suitable architecture from the
view of efficiency and fuel economy based on quantitative analysis.