Publication

Control-oriented modeling and experimental validation of a PEMFC generation system

Journal Article (2011)

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Pages

851-861

Volume

26

Number

3

Doc link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2011.2124462

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Abstract

An experimentally validated control-oriented model that reproduces the most typical features of a laboratory proton exchange membrane fuel cell generation system, is presented in this paper. The proposed representation is a 7th order fully analytical nonlinear model of ordinary differential equations, primarily focused on the system gases dynamics. The complete model is developed following a modular procedure, combining theoretical modeling techniques and empirical analysis based on experimental data. The presented methods can be used as a general modeling guideline for control-oriented purposes, being possible to adapt to other fuel-cell-based systems with similar characteristics.

Categories

control nonlinearities.

Author keywords

control-oriented model, experimental validation, fuel-cells systems, nonlinear systems

Scientific reference

C. Kunusch, P.F. Puleston, M.Á. Mayosky and A.P. Husar. Control-oriented modeling and experimental validation of a PEMFC generation system. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 26(3): 851-861, 2011.