Ecole d'été : Automatic Control Methods and Tools Applied to Electrochemical Generators for Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicles, whether battery-powered or hydrogen-powered, use energy storage devices – either batteries and/or fuel cells - belonging to the same electrochemical generator technology family which high complexity requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Despite significant advance in their technology, their use under real operating conditions and on a large scale generates new scientific challenges. For example, their reliability, optimization of their dynamic behaviour and lifetime are research areas to be explored. Knowledge of the physical phenomena during system operation, detection and identification of faults that could lead to system failure, prognosis of the residual lifetime of a generator, and energy management in the system are all common issues.

The following key topics will be covered during the summer school:

1. How batteries and fuel cells work: their role in mobility, scientific advances, current and future challenges,
2. Modelling electrochemical generators, indicators for measuring their state of health: physical modelling, impedance spectroscopy,
3. Diagnosing the state of health and operating faults, data and model approaches,
4. Predict residual life, aging indicators, degradation models,
5. Managing energy in an electric vehicle, taking account of health and ageing, BMS and EMS.

The aim of this school is to bring together in a single place all the knowledge required for researchers in automation to meet the challenges of these complex systems. This summer school is resolutely interdisciplinary, i.e. it combines the viewpoints of several disciplines, to enable an integrated approach to scientific challenges. Discussions with participants will be encouraged.

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