Title :
A low-cost microcontroller based 500-watt PEM Fuel Cell emulator
Author :
Karami, Nabil ; Outbib, Rachid ; Moubayed, Nazih
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Sci. in Inf. & Syst. (LSIS), Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille, France
Abstract :
This paper introduces the development of a PEM Fuel Cell (FC) emulator that mimics the behavior of an actual FC for real systems testing. The theoretical equations of the emulator are modeled on Matlab environment and programmed on a microcontroller for real time applications. The FC system is emulated by a high bandwidth buck converter controlled by the microcontroller holding the polarization curve data inside its memory. The emulator includes only the steady state behavior of the FC and can be used in laboratories for control related studies in such a way, it is possible to test the behavior of a hybrid system including power electronics devices without marshaling of an expensive fuel cell stack.
Keywords :
microcontrollers; power convertors; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Matlab environment; PEM fuel cell emulator; PEMFC system; emulator theoretical equation; fuel cell stack; high bandwidth buck converter; hybrid system; low-cost microcontroller; polarization curve data holding; power 500 W; power electronics device; real system testing; real time application; steady state behavior; Capacitors; Fuel cells; Fuels; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Microcontrollers; Resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Conference (SysCon), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0748-2
DOI :
10.1109/SysCon.2012.6189439
