Multiphysics modeling and optimization of the driving strategy of a light duty fuel cell vehicle

Given the new economic and ecological issues, car manufacturers should focus on alternative energy sources, such as electric batteries or fuel cells. Although still young and hard to handle, fuel cells, and particularly Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs), remain a promising way. Indeed, a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle has naturally a better performance than a diesel car (usually 30% against 22% of efficiency at the wheel). Moreover, the energy supplied by the fuel cell is electric, which allows propulsion chains more flexible with high performances. For several years, a prototype vehicle with extremely low energy consumption has been developed by researchers and electrical engineering students, to run energetic races. The energy source of this vehicle is a PEMFC. From 2010 to 2012, this vehicle has been recognized by the Shell group (through the 2010 edition of the Shell Eco-marathon competition, on the Euro Speedway race track, Germany) as the world most energy efficient car, with an equivalent consumption of only 0.02 L of unleaded gasoline 95 per 100 km, at a minimum average speed of 30 km/h.

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Didier TRICHET is currently the head of Master 2 SEGE program (Electronic Engineering and Electrical Engineering). He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Nantes University, Nantes, France, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He is a full Professor with Polytech’Nantes and researcher with IREENA Laboratory. His research focuses on advanced numerical modeling of multi-physic and multi-scale electromagnetic phenomena applied to low frequency devices, Non-Destructive Testing and diagnosis of complex electrical structures and high-efficiency fuel cell power train. He was an author or a co-author of more than 80 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals and international conferences.

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