The purpose of this invention is to provide a device and method for predicting the
remaining life of a
hybrid fuel
cell based on a
nonlinear observer, belonging to the field of marine
hybrid power. The fuel
cell remaining life prediction method of this invention includes the following steps: S1: The marine
hybrid power
system composed of a fuel
cell and a battery adopts a fully
active control architecture. The fuel cell and its converter adopt power closed-
loop control, and the battery and its converter adopt
voltage-current dual closed-
loop control; S2: Collect the fuel cell output current and
bus voltage; S3: Design a
nonlinear observer to estimate the fuel cell degradation factor; S4: Calculate the
remaining life based on the relationship between the fuel cell degradation factor and the remaining life; S5: Calculate the maximum output current of the fuel
cell based on the fuel cell degradation factor and transmit it as a control constraint to the fuel
cell controller. This invention does not require additional sensors, the
algorithm is simple to implement and highly versatile, and it is of great significance for the control and monitoring of
hybrid power systems.