Publication

Modelling liquid water effect on proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

Conference Article

Conference

European Fuel Cell Conference & Exhibition (EFC2019)

Edition

2019

Pages

333-334

Doc link

https://www.europeanfuelcell.it/media/book_of_proceedings_EFC19.pdf

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Abstract

This work introduces our ongoing research in developing accurate models for predicting and analyzing Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells performance. An initial model, whose response is compared with experimental data is first implemented. The simulated (and theoretically expected) cell voltage deviates from real behavior when the operating conditions change. Then an improved model, aimed to better approximate instantaneous voltage response to changing operating conditions by including liquid water dynamics, is developed. The results show that the new model achieves a better approximation of the voltage profile. The model is validated through experiments on a real fuel cell test-bench.

Categories

control system analysis computing.

Author keywords

ECSA, fuel cell modelling, liquid water dynamics, proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

Scientific reference

J.A. Aguilar and A.P. Husar. Modelling liquid water effect on proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, 2019 European Fuel Cell Conference & Exhibition, 2019, Naples, Italy, pp. 333-334.