Developing a PEM Fuel Cell electrical equivalent circuit

Author

Maswood, Ali I. ; Nandakumar, S.

Author_Institution

Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

fYear

2008

fDate

24-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1166

Lastpage

1171

Abstract

Application of Fuel Cells such as in automobiles, distributed generation and other energy applications, requires a research based model which can be used to test and re-test in a simulation environment. This work aims to create the exact detailed electrical model of the fuel cell based on the actual electrochemical process that occurs in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell that controls the cell terminal power and voltage characteristics. The PEM FC Voltage versus Current and hence Power versus Current characteristics of a PEM Fuel Cell is studied as an alternate power source for applications in Electric Powered Vehicles.

Keywords

electric vehicles; electrochemistry; equivalent circuits; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; PEM fuel cell electrical equivalent circuit; cell terminal power; electric powered vehicles; electrical model; electrochemical process; power versus current characteristic; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; voltage characteristics; voltage versus current characteristic; Automobiles; Biomembranes; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Distributed control; Electrochemical processes; Equivalent circuits; Fuel cells; Protons; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Energy Technologies, 2008. ICSET 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1887-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1888-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSET.2008.4747183

Filename

4747183