Design, Monitoring and Control of Fuel Cells in Hybrid Energy Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2026 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fuel cell technology; hydrogen production and storage; hydrogen power system integration; electrochemistry; mass transfer and thermal management
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: fuel cell; thermal management; energy management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogen fuel cells convert hydrogen energy electrochemically into electricity and heat, with high energy conversion efficiency and zero emissions, and have drawn extensive attention worldwide. Fuel cells are usually combined with other power sources, such as batteries, internal combustion engines and supercapacitors, to form hybrid energy systems in order to achieve better fuel economy, dynamic response capabilities and the durability of the energy system. Their use has been increasing in both traditional and developing fields, including in electric vehicles, aircraft, aerospace, ships, submarines, robotics and power and heat stations. The growing use of hybrid fuel cell energy systems has pushed forward the research on electrode materials, flow fields, stack assemblies, BOPs, system design, condition monitoring, energy management and control strategies.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the design, monitoring and control of fuel cells in all kinds of hybrid energy systems, including hydrogen fuel cells and fuel cells powered with other fuels.
Possible publication topics for this issue include, but not limited to, the following:
- Design, monitoring and control of fuel cells in all kinds of hybrid energy systems, including hydrogen fuel cells and fuel cells powered with other fuels;
- Hybrid energy system design;
- Reliability design;
- Fuel cell materials and stack design;
- Fuel cell system design;
- Water and gas state monitoring;
- Heat, electricity and voltage monitoring;
- Health state recognition and fault diagnosis;
- Energy management;
- Power splitting;
- Thermal management;
- Control methods, including model predictive control, fuzzy control, adaptive control, and reinforcement learning control;
- Multiobjective optimization.
Dr. Yanzhou Qin
Dr. Xiaoqing Zhang
Dr. Song Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fuel cells
- hybrid energy system
- design
- monitoring
- control
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