The Dynamic Performance of PEM Fuel Cells under Various Operating Conditions of a Laptop Computer

Author

Yalcinoz, Tankut ; Alam, Mohammad S.

Author_Institution

Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile

fYear

2007

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1433

Lastpage

1437

Abstract

In this paper, a dynamic model is presented to simulate the dynamic behavior of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system. The PEM fuel cell system is used for powering a laptop computer. The power requirement of a laptop computer varies significantly under different operational conditions. The analysis and modeling of the PEM fuel cell system are verified by developing a detailed simulation software using the Matlab, Simulink and SimPowerSystems Blockset for portable applications. The PEM fuel cell model is able to operate at an ambient temperature (20degC) and pressure. The load voltage is adjusted using a PID controller system in order to maintain the load voltage at a desirable level under various operational conditions.

Keywords

laptop computers; power supplies to apparatus; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; three-term control; PID controller; SimPowerSystems Blockset software; dynamic performance; laptop computers; load voltage; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Analytical models; Application software; Biomembranes; Computational modeling; Fuel cells; Mathematical model; Portable computers; Power system modeling; Protons; Temperature; Matlab; PEM fuel cell; dynamic model; laptop;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROCON, 2007. The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool"

Conference_Location

Warsaw

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0813-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0813-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400548

Filename

4400548