PREDICTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES

A predictive energy management technique for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) includes determining a state of charge (SOC) profile for a battery system of an electrified powertrain that also includes an electric motor, the SOC profile defining a plurality of SOC allocations for a plurality of trip segments, applying a set of constraints of the FCEV to the SOC profile to obtain a target SOC profile, wherein the set of constraints include at least one or more constraints for operation of a fuel cell system of the electrified powertrain, determining a dynamic fuel cell power to achieve the target SOC profile at each of the plurality of trip segments, filtering the dynamic fuel cell power to obtain a predictive fuel cell power request for the fuel cell system, and controlling the fuel cell system using the predictive fuel cell power request.