Dynamic modeling of proton exchange membrane fuel cell: The effect of temperature and membrane humidity

Author

Haddad, Ahmad ; Bouyekhf, Rachid ; Moudni, Abdellah El ; Wack, Maxime

Author_Institution

Univ. of Technology of Belfort Montbeliard, Belfort

fYear

2007

fDate

25-28 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

569

Lastpage

576

Abstract

This paper aims to study the dynamic behavior of the fuel cell by focusing on the cell temperature and the membrane humidity effects. The objective is to build a non-linear dynamic model based on the electrical aspect. We consider most of the phenomena that occur inside the fuel cell by assimilating it to an equivalent electrical circuit that associates several elements. The simulations show the influence of the cell temperature and the membrane humidification rate on the power economy. The model built in this paper constitutes an important step towards the optimization of the energy loss inside the cell

Keywords

humidity; membranes; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; equivalent electrical circuit; membrane humidity; nonlinear dynamic model; power economy; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; temperature effect; Biomembranes; Cathodes; Circuits; Electrons; Fuel cells; Humidity; Hydrogen; Protons; Temperature; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2007. ETFA. IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Patras

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0825-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0826-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EFTA.2007.4416820

Filename

4416820