Title :
Thermal Management Strategies for Cold Start of Automotive PEMFC
Author :
A. Amamou;L. Boulon;S. Kelouwani;K. Agbossou;P. Sicard
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Rech. sur l´Hydrogene, Univ. du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Riviè
Abstract :
This paper presents a comparison between two thermal management strategies for cold startup of automotive Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs). A sub-freezing thermal model is developed with Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) to evaluate power, energy and heating time requirements for the Keep-Warm and the Thaw at Start strategies. The modeling results establish relationships between the ambient temperature and parking time, and the cold startup time and energy requirement.
Keywords :
"Fuel cells","Heat transfer","Batteries","Fluids","Resistance heating","Temperature"
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2015 IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2015.7353031
