A Model Predictive Control System for a Hybrid Battery-Ultracapacitor Power Source

A model predictive control system for a hybrid battery-ultracapacitor power source is proposed and experimentally verified in this paper. The main advantage of the proposed system is that the battery current, the battery state of charge, and the ultracapacitor current and voltage are maintained within predefined limits during the operation. In addition, the controller allocates fast current changes to the ultracapacitor while the battery responds mainly to slow current changes which helps to increase the battery lifetime. The presented experimental results verify operation of the proposed system.