Design and control of pem fuel cell battery hybrid energy system for locomotive applications

Abstract

The development of economically feasible renewable energy technologies to replace the fossil fuel run machineries is one of the significant areas of research in this century Over the years the proton exchange membrane fuel cell PEMFC based hybrid energy system HES has emerged as a promising source of electrical power for use in transportation This is because the PEMFC has the advantages of being clean energy low operating temperature high efficiency etc In this thesis the PEMFC batte...