Design of A 100W Fuel Cell Test System

Author

Ye Qiang ; Cui Hengbin ; Deng Mingli

Author_Institution

Sichuan Electr. Power Test & Res. Inst., Chengdu, China

fYear

2010

fDate

28-31 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper describes the design of a test system for dead-end proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). As the requirement, an electronic load with quick dynamic response and wide adjustable range is designed, which provides various loads for the test system. A monitor for hydrogen pressure, air mass flow, temperature and humidity inside is used to maintain the stability of PEMFC. The test system developed has been in use to test the performance of the dead-end PEMFC in Fuel Cell Application Center. The result shows that it meets the design requirements and has an excellent performance.

Keywords

battery testers; computerised instrumentation; dynamic response; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; air mass flow; dead-end proton exchange membrane fuel cells; dynamic response; electronic load unit; fuel cell application center; fuel cell test system; hydrogen pressure; Biomembranes; Electronic equipment testing; Fuel cells; Humidity; Hydrogen; Monitoring; Protons; Stability; System testing; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2010 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4812-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4813-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2010.5448639

Filename

5448639