Test Characterisation of a H2 PEM Fuel Cell

Author

Yap, H.T. ; Schofield, N.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester

fYear

2007

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

551

Lastpage

558

Abstract

This paper discusses test characterisation results for a H₂ PEM fuel cell system developed for electric vehicle applications. An outline of the system design, construction and operation is presented, including the electronic implementation of cell water management. For the chosen fuel cell system, the paper will discuss the importance of stack conditioning to improve output performance, in particular after periods of inactivity. A laboratory based test facility is discussed and characterisation results presented to illustrate the fuel cell system performance for various inlet fuel pressures, steady and dynamic loads.

Keywords

electric vehicles; fuel cell vehicles; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; test facilities; PEM fuel cell; cell water management; electric vehicle; fuel cell system; laboratory based test facility; stack conditioning; Batteries; Costs; Electric vehicles; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Petroleum; Protons; Road transportation; Road vehicles; System testing; PEM fuel cells; electric vehicles; fuel cells; hydrogen;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2007. VPPC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Arlington, TX

Print_ISBN

978-0-7803-9760-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7803-9761-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2007.4544185

Filename

4544185