Publication

On the anode pressure and humidity regulation in PEM fuel cells: a nonlinear predictive control approach

Conference Article

Conference

IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC)

Edition

5th

Pages

434-439

Doc link

http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.11.317

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Abstract

In this paper, a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) strategy is proposed to regulate the humidity in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) anode. The proposed control strategy uses two controllers in cascade to regulate the humidity and pressure in the anode, separately. With this strategy, safety and performance constraints for pressure and humidity can be guaranteed and external disturbances, as changes in stack current demand, are rejected.

Categories

control theory, mathematical programming, nonlinear programming, predictive control.

Author keywords

cascade control, PEMFC, pressure regulation, humidity regulation, NMPC

Scientific reference

N. Rosanas, C. Ocampo-Martínez and C. Kunusch. On the anode pressure and humidity regulation in PEM fuel cells: a nonlinear predictive control approach, 5th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, 2015, Seville, Vol 48:23 of IFAC-PapersOnLine, pp. 434-439, 2015.