Disturbance rejection of battery/ultracapacitor hybrid energy sources

This paper contributes an active control strategy to reject disturbances in hybrid energy source systems applied in hybrid electric vehicles. The disturbances include persistent disturbances introduced by engine torque ripples compensation, and transient disturbances caused by transient load power demands. The disturbance rejection is achieved via singular perturbation theory. The original system is a Port-Controlled Hamiltonian (PCH) system, and the controller is designed based on interconnection and damping assignment. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of the disturbance rejection control.