PEM fuel cell/ battery storage system supplying electric vehicle

In this paper, a study of Hybrid power system to supply energy to an electric vehicle is presented. The hybrid system is used to produce energy without interruption and it consists of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and a battery bank. PEMFC systems work in parallel via DC/DC converter and the battery bank is used to store the excess of energy. The mathematical model topology, the identification of each subsystem and the control supervision of the global system are the contribution of this paper. Obtained results under Matlab/Simulink and some experimental ones are presented and discussed. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.