A novel system and technique for enhancing the lifetime of a sustainable power source for portable electronic applications

Author

Jithesh, M. ; Manoj, R. ; Ramesh, P. ; Duttagupta, S.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Coll. of Eng. Munnar, Munnar, India

fYear

2014

fDate

26-27 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

168

Abstract

A highly reliable micro PEM fuel cell based power system which can operate in adverse and varying ambient conditions with a comparatively lower probability of cell damage is proposed. As the oxygen is extracted from the ambient atmosphere, there is a chance for contamination. It results in poor performance of the cell due to oxygen starvation and catalyst poisoning. Through the measurement of carbon monoxide and oxygen concentrations and controlling the concentration of hydrogen fuel and the oxidant accordingly the probability of oxygen starvation as well as catalyst poisoning is reduced. This power source can be then used to power up portable electronic devices like wireless sensor nodes.

Keywords

carbon compounds; catalysts; hydrogen economy; oxygen; probability; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; telecommunication power management; wireless sensor networks; CO; O₂; ambient atmosphere; carbon monoxide concentrations; catalyst poisoning; cell damage; hydrogen fuel; microPEM fuel cell; oxidant; oxygen concentrations; oxygen starvation; portable electronic applications; power source; power system; wireless sensor nodes; Batteries; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Microcontrollers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; PEMFC; Sensors; Wireless sensor node;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Humanitarian Technology Conference - South Asia Satellite (GHTC-SAS), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Trivandrum

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4098-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GHTC-SAS.2014.6967577

Filename

6967577