• DocumentCode
    2964580
  • Title

    A power management system for direct methanol fuel cell

  • Author

    Song, Hyok J. ; Lee, S.J. ; Yoo, E.J. ; Park, Hyung Jo ; Noh, M.G. ; Park, Y.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mechatron. Eng., Chungnam Nat. Univ., Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    19-22 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a power management system (PMS) for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is proposed. The proposed PMS consists of interfaces for external devices, a controller, a DC/DC converter, a display, relay switches and current sensors. The power management algorithm is based on the experimentally obtained characteristics of a DMFC module. The proposed power management algorithm increased the running time of DMFC module by 61% from the existing algorithm for the same volume of methanol.
  • Keywords
    DC-DC power convertors; direct methanol fuel cells; power system management; DC/DC converter; DMFC; PMS; current sensors; direct methanol fuel cell; power management algorithm; power management system; relay switches; Batteries; Current measurement; Electricity; Fuel cells; Fuels; Methanol; Sensors; direct methanol fuel cell; fuel cell; power management algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    TENCON 2012 - 2012 IEEE Region 10 Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Cebu
  • ISSN
    2159-3442
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4823-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2159-3442
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TENCON.2012.6412232
  • Filename
    6412232