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TRASMISSION
DC-AC
CONVERTER
ELECTRIC
MOTOR
Electric Drive
Flywheel
Fig. 5.21
Configuration of electric vehicle equipped with flywheel and batteries
BiDirectional
TRASMISSION
DC-DC
DC-AC
C
ONVERTER
ELECTRIC
MOTOR
Electric Drive
Rechargeable
BATTERY
Fig. 5.22
Configuration of electric vehicle equipped with super capacitors and batteries
such as batteries, fuel cells, solar panels, and IC engines. Plenty of combinations
are possible and imaginable in that sense [
4
,
13
].
5.5.4 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
The integration of a fuel cell system in an electric power train results in a rather
complex system constituted by the combination of energy storage systems, energy
sources, electric converters and various auxiliary devices.
In principle, a fuel cell power train could operate in so-called full power mode,
i.e., all the power required by the electric drive could be supplied by the FCS,
