Adaptive control system for a vehicle

An adaptive control system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• estimating, via an adaptive algorithm, a balance of plant (BoP) power loss of a BoP of a fuel cell system (FCS);
• receiving, at the adaptive algorithm, an application power request;
• executing, via the adaptive algorithm, a BoP degradation computation;
• learning, via a plurality of sensors, a BoP loss error in the estimated BoP power loss based on a comparison with the BoP degradation computation;
• applying, based on the learned BoP loss error, an adaptation factor to the BoP degradation computation;
• and
• generating, via the adaptive algorithm, a stack power request based on the application power request and the estimated BoP power loss.

An adaptive control system for a vehicle, the adaptive control system comprising:

• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• executing, via an adaptive algorithm, a reference model configured with an estimation function;
• estimating, via the estimation function, a balance of plant (BoP) power loss of a BoP of a fuel cell system (FCS) of the vehicle;
• receiving, at the adaptive algorithm, an application power request;
• executing, via the adaptive algorithm, a BoP degradation computation;
• learning, via sensor data from a plurality of sensors, a BoP loss error in the estimated BoP power loss based on a comparison with the BoP degradation computation;
• applying, based on the learned BoP loss error, an adaptation factor to the BoP degradation computation;
• generating, via the adaptive algorithm, an adapted stack power request based on the application power request and the estimated BoP power loss;
• and
• storing, at the memory hardware, characteristic curves of an actual BoP power loss.