Title :
Energy management of a fuel cell system: Influence of the air supply control on the water issues
Author :
Boulon, L. ; Agbossou, K. ; Hissel, D. ; Hernandez, A. ; Bouscayrol, A. ; Sicard, P. ; Péra, M.C.
Author_Institution :
IRH, Univ. du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada
Abstract :
The objective of this work is to study the impact of the air supply of a fuel cell system on the humidification and water management issues. The first study consists in defining an indicator of the humidification state, which represents the output air moisture content and quantifies the quality of the water management. This indicator is evaluated both in simulation and experimentally. It is shown that it can be used in real time to improve the energy management and control of the fuel cell. Specifically, taking into account the air moisture in the air supply energy management is a mean to avoid major defects like fuel cell flooding or electrolyte membrane drying.
Keywords :
electrolytes; fuel cells; humidity control; air moisture content; air supply control; air supply energy management; electrolyte membrane drying; fuel cell flooding; fuel cell system; humidification; water issues; Atmospheric modeling; Biomembranes; Energy management; Floods; Fuel cells; Humidity; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6390-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637604
