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Fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles (FCHEVs) composed of fuel cells and batteries can improve the dynamic response and durability of vehicle propulsion. In addition, braking energy can be recovered by batteries. The energy management strategy (EMS) for distributing the requested power through different types of energy sources plays an important role in FCHEVs. Reasonable power split not only improves vehicle performance but also enhances fuel economy. In this paper, considering the power tracking control strategy which is widely adopted in Advanced Vehicle Simulator (ADVISOR), a constrained nonlinear programming parameter optimization model is established for minimizing fuel consumption. The principal parameters of power tracking control strategy are set as the optimized variables, with the dynamic performance index of FCHEVs being defined as the constraint condition. Then, the genetic algorithm (GA) is applied in the control strategy design for solving the optimization problem.

For proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack, critical issues such as flooding and dehydration, are caused by improper water management. With respect to the water management failure, PEMFC stack outputs power and efficiency decreased. Therefore, proper water management with diagnosis contributes to the reliability and durability. Existing researches establish Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) measurement to detect and identify different faults, whereas the sophistication, overwhelmed computational consumption of EIS and unaffordable dedicated instrumentation make it’s unsuitable for commercial application. Therefore, EIS is not considered to be a viable solution to online and real-time diagnostic scheme. In this paper, an innovative method based on EIS, is further developed to identify some critical PEMFC fault conditions online, wherein generalized residual multiple model adaptive estimation (GRMMAE) methodology is applied.