Power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell

• US 20030105562A1
• Filed: 11/30/2001
• Published: 06/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Shu, Ping-Huei, Hsiao, Jui-Sheng, Hung, Jin-Chyuan, Wu, Chien-Tsung, Hsu, Chi-Tang
• Application Number:
  US09/997,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20030105562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/22
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/40 for controlling a combination of batteries and fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/40 Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells

Abstract

The present invention is a power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell, which is an optimal design of DC/DC converter and applies the controller area network (CAN) as a connected instrument for communication to make a power source tend to be more flexible. When the invention is designed in the states of medium and low loads (for example, cruise in constant speed), the main electric energy supplied by the fuel cell boosts the fuel cell to an appropriate voltage through the control of DC/DC converter. While in the state of high load (for example, transient acceleration or uphill creep), the fuel cell may be served as an on-board charger. Not only the fuel cell may provide a maximum base load of electric power, but also the remaining requirement of electric energy is matched with the additional output of electric energy supplied by a high power secondary battery. So, the fuel cell of the invention is made to have the control function of compound power output and be able to effectively improve the shortcomings of the small electric vehicle of prior arts, such as: insufficient distance for sustaining cruise and inferior conversion of energy. In addition, compared with the power source of a full fuel cell, the power source used in both hybrid fuel cell and high power secondary battery not only has lower cost but also further has the advantage of making the system easy to match during choosing a fuel cell. When the invention is applied in various types of electric vehicles, it may make the system have an excellent ability of sustaining cruise.

Claims

1. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell, which includes:

a hydrogen supplier, which is used to control the supplication of fuel;

an electric energy driving system, which is an electric motor that takes the DC power as energy source and may output power to the transmission apparatus;

a DC/DC converter, which changes the voltage and current of the electric energy output from the fuel cell and then outputs it to the electric energy driving system;

a high power secondary battery, which may output an electric energy to the electric energy driving system;

a fuel cell electric energy management unit, which may control the output flow path of the electric energy to make various equipment required electric energy in the electric vehicle obtain appropriate electric energy; and

a controller area network, which may be connected with the electric energy driving system, the high power secondary battery and the fuel cell electric energy management unit and may adjust the electric energy output within a specific range according to the requirement of load.

2. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the high power secondary battery may be formed by a plurality of lithium cells connected in serials.

3. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the system is further arranged a fuel cell auxiliary system to provide an electric energy to the auxiliary elements of the electric vehicle and make the auxiliary elements generate motion.

4. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the system is further arranged a fuel cell that may output an electric energy after reactive operation.

5. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein the fuel cell is a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.

6. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 5, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel may be served as an on-board charger to make a charging action on the high power secondary battery.

7. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the DC/DC converter may be further served as a regulator among the fuel cell, the higher power secondary fuel battrey, and the electric energy driving system.

8. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the DC/DC converter may adjust the widely varied voltage (25% variation) into the voltage (10% variation) suitable for the electric energy driving system.

9. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell, which includes:

a hydrogen supplier, which is used to control the supplication of fuel;

a fuel cell, which may output an elec an elecgy after reactive operation;

an electric energy driving system, which is an electric motor that takes the DC power as energy source and may output power to the transmission apparatus;

a DC/DC converter, which changes the voltage and current of the electric energy output from the fuel cell and then outputs it to the electric energy driving system;

a high power secondary battery, which may output an electric energy to the electric energy driving system;

a fuel cell electric energy management unit, which may control the output flow path of the electric energy to make the various equipment required electric energy in the electric vehicle obtain appropriate electric energy;

a controller area network, which may be connected with the electric energy driving system, the high power secondary battery, and the fuel cell electric energy management unit and may adjust the electric energy output within a specific range according to the requirement of load; and

a fuel cell auxiliary system, which may provide an electric energy to the auxiliary elements of the electric vehicle and make the auxiliary elements generate motion.

10. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 9, wherein the fuel cell is a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.

11. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 9, wherein the high power secondary battery may be formed by a plurality of lithium cells connected in serials.

12. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 9, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel may be served as an on-board charger to make a charging action on the high power secondary battery.

13. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 9, wherein the DC/DC converter may be further served as a regulator among the fuel cell, the higher power secondary fuel battery, and the electric energy driving system.

14. A power output control system for electric vehicle with hybrid fuel cell according to claim 9, wherein the DC/DC converter may adjust the widely varied voltage (25% variation) output from the fuel cell into the voltage (10% variation) suitable for the electric energy driving system.