Publication
Thermal modelling approach and model predictive control of a water-cooled PEM fuel cell system
Conference Article
Conference
Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)
Edition
39th
Pages
3806-3811
Doc link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2013.6699742
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Authors
Projects associated
ACOFC: Advanced Controllers and Observers Development for Fuel Cell based Generation Systems
MESPEM: Desarrollo de sistemas de control para la mejora de la eficiencia y la vida útil en sistemas basados en pilas de combustible PEM
MACPERCON: Enhanced management topologies based on unfalsified control for PEM fuel cells performance improvement
PUMA MIND: Physical bottom Up multiscale Modelling for Automotive PEMFC Innovative performance and Durability optimization
Abstract
In this paper, a modular thermal modelling approach for a water-cooled Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell (PEM-FC) stack is proposed. The resultant model is based on the heat flux inside the stack and has been validated in a real test station. Then, a linear model predictive control (MPC) strategy for temperature regulation is designed and tested in simulation with promising results. The proposed MPC controller not only tackles the temperature regulation problem, but also incorporates necessary management constraints for the proper operation of the system in real conditions.
Categories
control system synthesis, control theory, optimisation, predictive control.
Author keywords
PEM fuel cells, control oriented modelling, industrial applications, thermal model, MPC
Scientific reference
J.D. Rojas, C. Ocampo-Martínez and C. Kunusch. Thermal modelling approach and model predictive control of a water-cooled PEM fuel cell system, 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2013, Vienna, Austria, pp. 3806-3811.
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