OPTIMIZING BATTERY CHARGING THROUGH MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL IN FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLES

A charging control system for a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) includes a set of sensors configured to monitor (i) an output voltage of a high voltage battery system of the FCEV and (ii) a set of constraints on an output power of a fuel cell system of the FCEV, wherein the fuel cell system is configured to charge the high voltage battery system, and a control system configured to perform model predictive control (MPC) of a power command for the fuel cell system based on a modeling of the output voltage of the high voltage battery system over a future time horizon and subject to the set of constraints on an output power of the fuel cell system, wherein the set of constraints includes a response time delay for the output power of the fuel cell system to achieve the power command.