Non-linear control for electric power stage of fuel cell vehicles

Muhammad Faizan Munir; Iftikhar Ahmad; Syed Ahmad Siffat; Mohammad Ahmed Qureshi; Hammad Armghan; Naghmash Ali

doi:10.1016/j.isatra.2020.02.033

Non-linear control for electric power stage of fuel cell vehicles

ISA Trans. 2020 Jul:102:117-134. doi: 10.1016/j.isatra.2020.02.033. Epub 2020 Mar 7.

Authors

Muhammad Faizan Munir¹, Iftikhar Ahmad², Syed Ahmad Siffat³, Mohammad Ahmed Qureshi⁴, Hammad Armghan⁵, Naghmash Ali⁶

Affiliations

¹ Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: faizan.munir@mail.au.edu.pk.
² School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: iftikhar.rana@seecs.edu.pk.
³ School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: ssiffat.msee18seecs@seecs.edu.pk.
⁴ School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: 14mseemqureshi@seecs.edu.pk.
⁵ School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. Electronic address: 14mseeharmghan@seecs.edu.pk.
⁶ School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. Electronic address: naghmash@tuf.edu.pk.

PMID: 32164939
DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2020.02.033

Abstract

Tough driving conditions like hilly areas, slippery roads, rough terrains and high-speed driving dominate the effects of non-linearities present within each component of a vehicle. Such conditions cause the behavior of components like energy sources, power processing blocks and electric traction motors to deviate from their nominal behavior. This research work presents two non-linear control methodologies, one being Lyapunov and Backstepping based controller loops and the other being Synergetic based controller loops for these vehicles. Proposed controller methodologies take into account system's non-linearities ensuring asymptotic stability of the controlled system over a wide operating range. Performance of the proposed controllers is validated in MATLAB/Simulink environment. The simulation model used here is a genuine representation of electric power stage in FC-HEV. The controlled system successfully tracks system parameters to reference values when subjected to driving attributes of European extra urban driving cycle (EUDC).

Keywords: Backstepping control; Hybrid electric vehicles; Lyapunov redesign; Stabilizing functions; Synergetic control.