Simulator of a PEM fuel-cell stack based on a dynamic model

Author

Restrepo, Carlos ; Torres, Carlos ; Calvente, Javier ; Giral, Roberto ; Leyva, Ramòn

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Eng. Electron., Electr. i Autom., Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

2796

Lastpage

2801

Abstract

This paper presents a low cost, easy to use digital simulator for a proton exchange membrane fuel-cell (PEMFC) stack by means of a power source controlled by LabVIEW. The simulator easily allows to implement different models and simultaneously permits to study different FC types. The FC stack is represented with a circuital model that considers the capacitive effects of the electrodes and the internal thermodynamic characteristics. Experimental results are contrasted with the data model from a Relion SR-12 500-W PEM FC stack.

Keywords

power system control; power system simulation; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; LabVIEW; PEMFC stack; Relion SR-12 500-W PEM FC stack; capacitive effects; circuital model; digital simulator; electrodes; internal thermodynamic characteristics; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Costs; Digital signal processing; Fuels; Proposals; Rectifiers; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2009. IECON '09. 35th Annual Conference of IEEE

Conference_Location

Porto

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4648-3

Electronic_ISBN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2009.5415411

Filename

5415411