A Microcontroller-Based System for the Monitoring of a Fuel Cell Stack

Author

Bucci, Giovanni ; Fiorucci, Edoardo ; Ciancetta, Fabrizio ; Vegliò, Francesco

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica, Universita di L´´Aquila

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

16-19 May 2005

Firstpage

1282

Lastpage

1287

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a monitoring and managing system for a PEM fuel-cell (FC) stack. This is a stand-alone unit that embodies two microcontrollers, hardware and sensing circuits, an LCD and a numeric pad. The proposed system acquires the most important gas parameters: mass flow rate, pressure and temperature. The output current and voltage are also acquired. The system design complies with the requirements of a portable FC based application. Additionally, results obtained during the experimental test are presented

Keywords

condition monitoring; microcontrollers; portable instruments; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; LCD; PEM stack; fuel cell stack monitoring; gas parameters; hardware circuits; microcontroller based system; numeric pad; portable fuel cell; sensing circuits; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Power generation; Power system management; Safety; Uninterruptible power systems; Voltage; Fuel cells; microcontroller; monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8879-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604354

Filename

1604354