Psim mathematical tools to simulate pem fuel cells including the power converter

Author

Lima, L.P. ; Farret, F.A. ; Ramos, D.B. ; Ferrigolo, F.Z. ; Stangarlin, H.W. ; Trapp, J.G. ; Serdotte, A.B.

Author_Institution

Center of Studies in Energy & Environ. (CEEMA), Fed. Univ. of Santa Maria-UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

2784

Lastpage

2789

Abstract

This paper presents a mathematical model for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) taking into account the basic electrochemical equations but including the boost power converter. This approaching is suitable for design and simulation of power electronics systems with embedded FCs as power supplies. The simplified model uses the Kirchoff´s voltage law (KVL) applied to the conventional electric equivalent model of PEMFCs. This work is fully implemented in PSimÂ¿ as a general mathematical model and referred to literature data including the boost converter, mostly used as the power interface for FCs. In this way, the model is fully evaluated by viewing the interface just as a power converter.

Keywords

mathematics computing; power convertors; power electronics; power engineering computing; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Kirchoff voltage law; PEM fuel cell simulation; PSIM mathematical tools; boost power converter; electric equivalent model; electrochemical equations; mathematical model; power converter; power electronics system simulation; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Biomembranes; Equations; Fuel cells; Kirchhoff´s Law; Mathematical model; Power electronics; Power supplies; Power system modeling; Protons; Voltage; Alternative sources; PSimTM simulation; boost converter; fuel cell modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2009. IECON '09. 35th Annual Conference of IEEE

Conference_Location

Porto

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4648-3

Electronic_ISBN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2009.5415413

Filename

5415413