Dynamic characteristic study of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Author

Jia, J. ; Wang, Y. ; Han, M. ; Cham, Y.T.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

fYear

2008

fDate

24-27 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

409

Abstract

In order to investigate the output characteristic of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) based on the electrical empirical, a novel dynamic model of PEMFC has been developed with Matlab/Simulink, which is distinct from the models have previously been published. By using a fuel cell test system in Fuel Cell Application Centre in Temasek Polytechnic, the transient electrical response of PEMFC was conducted and analyzed under various operating conditions. A good match is found between simulation results and experimental data. The comprehensive results of simulation manifested that the model is effective and operational. This model will be very useful to optimize the structure design, improve the operation performance, and develop the real-time control system of PEMFC.

Keywords

power engineering computing; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; fuel cell test system; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; real-time control system; transient electrical response; Biomembranes; Current density; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Mathematical model; Power system modeling; Protons; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Vehicle dynamics; dynamic model; dynamic simulation; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; transient electrical response;

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.2008.4747041

Filename

4747041