%0 Journal Article %T Energy Analysis of Hybrid Power Source During Vehicle Motion %A J¨¢n Danko %A Martin Bug¨¢r %A Vladim¨ªr Sta¨¾¨¢k %J Scientific Proceedings Faculty of Mechanical Engineering STU in Bratislava %@ 1338-5011 %D 2011 %I %R 10.2478/v10228-011-0006-z %X This paper proposes a perfect energy source provided by a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) as the main power source and a storage device: battery and super-capacitor, for modern distributed generation system, particularly for future fuel cell vehicle applications. The energy in hybrid systems is balanced by the dc bus regulation in dependence to the drive cycle. A super-capacitor module, as a high dynamic and high power density device, functions for supplying energy to regulate a dc bus. A battery module, as a high energy density device, operates to supply energy to the super-capacitor bank in order to keep it charged. The control strategy is used to determine the real-time optimal power distribution by simple minimization. %K Electric vehicle %K Hybrid vehicles %K Energy systems %K Optimization %U http://versita.metapress.com/content/j0n65732624j0x88/?p=3830f40f9e7249959421c952ccaaa9e7&pi=5