Maximum efficiency point tracking for hydrogen fuel cells

Author

Herrera Vega, D. ; Marx, N. ; Boulon, L. ; Hernandez, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

4-7 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Optimal fuel consumption in hydrogen fuel cell systems requires the maximum operation efficiency point (MEP) of the fuel cell to be found. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the “Perturb and observe” method during fuel cell operation through simulation. Those simulations use a fuel cell model based on data acquired on a fuel cell test bench. A maximum efficiency point tracking (MEPT) algorithm is used to track the current needed to reach the maximum efficiency. The method is simulated in a SIMULINK-MATLAB environment to verify the performance of the MEPT controller.

Keywords

fuel cells; hydrogen economy; maximum power point trackers; MEPT algorithm; MEPT controller; SIMULINK-MATLAB environment; hydrogen fuel cells; maximum efficiency point tracking; maximum operation efficiency point; perturb and observe method; Data models; Equations; Fuel cells; Fuels; Hydrogen; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Efficiency; HFC; Hydrogen Fuel Cell; MEPT;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3099-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2014.6900909

Filename

6900909