A novel circuit model for PEM fuel cells

Author

Yu, Dachuan ; Yuvarajan, S.

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

2004

Firstpage

362

Abstract

The proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is being investigated as an alternate power source for various applications like transportation and emergency power supplies. The paper presents a novel circuit model for a PEM fuel cell that can be used to design and analyze fuel-cell power system. The PSPICE-based model uses BJTs and LC elements available in the PSPICE library with some modification. The model includes the phenomena like activation polarization, ohmic polarization, and mass transport effect present in a PEM fuel cell. The static and dynamic characteristics obtained through simulation are compared with experimental results obtained on a commercial fuel-cell module. The performance of the fuel cell module when feeding a boost converter is studied and the waveforms are presented.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; SPICE; bipolar transistors; polarisation; power engineering computing; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; BJT; LC elements; PEMFC; PSPICE; activation polarization; boost converter; circuit model; fuel-cell power system; mass transport effect; ohmic polarization; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Biomembranes; Circuits; Emergency power supplies; Fuel cells; Polarization; Power system dynamics; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Protons; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2004. APEC '04. Nineteenth Annual IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8269-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2004.1295835

Filename

1295835