Flatness control strategy for the air subsystem of a hydrogen fuel cell system

Author

da Fonseca, Ramon ; Bideaux, Eric ; Sari, Ali ; Gerard, Maze ; Desbois-Renaudin, Matthieu ; Buzon, Didier ; Jeanneret, Blaise

Author_Institution

Ampere Lab., Lyon, France

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, a non linear control strategy is applied to the air supply subsystem of a polymer electrode membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Based on a simplified control model and using the differential flatness control theory, a controller is designed in order to regulate the most important variables in the air supply subsystem: the oxygen stoechiometry and the cathode pressure. The non linear control approach is validated using a real fuel cell system, presenting a good response compared with a PID classical approach.

Keywords

air conditioning; control system synthesis; nonlinear control systems; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; stoichiometry; three-term control; PEMFC; PID classical approach; air subsystem; air supply subsystem; cathode pressure; control model; controller design; differential flatness control theory; flatness control strategy; hydrogen fuel cell system; nonlinear control approach; nonlinear control strategy; oxygen stoichiometry; polymer electrode membrane fuel cell; real fuel cell system; Atmospheric modeling; Cathodes; Equations; Fuel cells; Mathematical model; Trajectory; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (ASCC), 2013 9th Asian

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5767-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASCC.2013.6606374

Filename

6606374