Modeling an‎d Simulation of a Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicle with the Aime of Optimizing Fuel-cell an‎d battery Life

10/22/2025 12:00:00 AM

In recent years, fuel cell hybrid vehicles have emerged as a promising solution to reduce fossil fuel consumption an‎d environmental pollution. Among the key challenges of this technology are the durability of fuel cell systems an‎d the optimal management of energy. In this research, to enhance the efficiency an‎d longevity of the system, a fuel cell hybrid vehicle equipped with a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) was modeled an‎d simulated in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. The system performance was eva‎luated under various driving cycles, taking into account realistic traffic conditions, using fuzzy logic–based control strategies integrated with optimization algorithms such as the Genetic Algorithm (GA). Simulation results showed that the proposed strategy not only reduced the power fluctuations of the fuel cell but also decreased hydrogen consumption by approximately 8.4% an‎d the total system energy consumption by about 7.1%. Moreover, by minimizing current variation an‎d stabilizing load conditions, the fuel cell lifetime increased by about 56%, an‎d the battery lifetime improved by about 12% compared to the baseline strategy. To verify the practicality of the designed controller, it was implemented on a real hardware platform consisting of a processing unit an‎d data interface card. The successful execution of the controller in a real-time hardware environment demonstrated that the proposed strategy is feasible for practical applications an‎d can serve as an effective step toward the real-world implementation of energy management systems in hybrid vehicles.

مدل‌سازي و شبيه‌سازي خودروي هيبريد پيل‌سوختي , كنترل , ژنتيك-فازي , بهينه عمر پيل‌سوختي و باتري , سخت‌افزار در حلقه

Modeling an‎d simulation of fuel cell hybrid vehicle , control , genetic-fuzzy , fuel cell an‎d battery life optimization , hardware in the loop

Mohammad Amin Zakizadeh GharyehAli

Prof. Morteza Montazeri-Gh