Mathematical modeling of PEMFC stack for real time simulation

Author

Breaz, Elena ; Gao, Fei ; Blunier, Benjamin ; Tirnovan, Radu ; Miraoui, Abdellatif

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

fYear

2012

fDate

24-27 May 2012

Firstpage

553

Lastpage

558

Abstract

This paper presents a mathematical model of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with its integrated humidifier for real time simulation. The inlet air is humidified by a membrane-based passive humidifier which presents the advantage of not adding parasitic power loss in the system. Simulation results are validated with a Ballard 1.2-kW Nexa fuel cell system. For real time simulation, dSPACE real-time processor has been used. The model will be later integrated in an autonomous hybrid system with a wind turbine and an electrolyser.

Keywords

electrical engineering computing; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; real-time systems; Ballard Nexa fuel cell system; PEMFC stack; autonomous hybrid system; dSPACE real-time processor; electrolyser; inlet air; integrated humidifier; mathematical modeling; membrane-based passive humidifier; power 1.2 kW; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; real time simulation; wind turbine; Anodes; Atmospheric modeling; Cathodes; Equations; Fuel cells; Mathematical model; Real time systems; fuel cell; humidifier; real time simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automation Quality and Testing Robotics (AQTR), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cluj-Napoca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0701-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AQTR.2012.6237772

Filename

6237772