Title :
Electrochemical circuit model of a PEM fuel cell
Author :
Famouri, Parviz ; Gemmen, Randall S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
Abstract :
A dynamic circuit model for a fuel cell is presented. The model accounts for flow transients, the reactant partial pressures, as well as loss mechanisms within the fuel cell. For a selected PEM fuel cell design, analyses are performed to examine load transients imposed on the fuel cell. The PSpice programming environment was employed. Such model capability is required to ensure power operation of a fuel cell when controlled by an inverter as would be used in home applications.
Keywords :
SPICE; networks (circuits); power engineering computing; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; PEM fuel cell; PSpice programming; electrochemical circuit model; flow transient; load transient; loss mechanism; partial pressure; proton-exchange membrane; Anodes; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Inverters; Mathematical model; Performance analysis; Power system modeling; Power system transients; RLC circuits; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2003, IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7989-6
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2003.1267364
