Adaptive maximum power point tracking control of fuel cell power plants

Z Zhong, H Huo, X Zhu, G Cao, Y Ren - Journal of Power Sources, 2008 - Elsevier
A fuel cell's output power depends nonlinearly on the applied current or voltage, and there
exists a unique maximum power point (MPP). This paper reports a first attempt to trace MPPs …

Sliding mode strategy for PEM fuel cells stacks breathing control using a super-twisting algorithm

C Kunusch, PF Puleston, MA Mayosky… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A second-order sliding mode strategy to control the breathing subsystem of a polymer
electrolyte membrane fuel cell stack for transportation applications is presented. The …

Feedback-linearization-based nonlinear control for PEM fuel cells

WK Na, B Gou - IEEE transactions on energy conversion, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a dynamic nonlinear model for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
(PEMFCs). A nonlinear controller is designed based on the proposed model to prolong the …

Minimum fuel consumption strategy for PEM fuel cells

CA Ramos-Paja, C Bordons, A Romero… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a proton exchange membrane fuel cell control strategy to produce the
power requested by an electrical load, minimizing the fuel consumption and also providing a …

Model-based control of cathode pressure and oxygen excess ratio of a PEM fuel cell system

MA Danzer, J Wilhelm, H Aschemann… - Journal of Power Sources, 2008 - Elsevier
For PEM fuel cells supplied with air, pressure and flow control is a key requirement for an
efficient and dynamic operation because fuel cells are in risk of starvation when the partial …

Control algorithm of fuel cell and batteries for distributed generation system

P Thounthong, S Raël, B Davat - IEEE Transactions on Energy …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper intends to propose a novel control algorithm for utilizing a polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) as a main power source and batteries as a complementary …

PEM fuel cell fundamentals

XZ Yuan, H Wang - PEM fuel cell electrocatalysts and catalyst layers …, 2008 - Springer
A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that continuously and directly converts the chemical
energy of externally supplied fuel and oxidant to electrical energy. Fuel cells are customarily …

Parameterization and prediction of temporal fuel cell voltage behavior during flooding and drying conditions

DA McKay, JB Siegel, W Ott, AG Stefanopoulou - Journal of Power Sources, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper describes a simple isothermal two-phase flow dynamic model that predicts the
experimentally observed temporal behavior of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack …

Model predictive control of water management in PEMFC

L Zhang, M Pan, S Quan - Journal of Power Sources, 2008 - Elsevier
Water management is critical for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC). An
appropriate humidity condition not only can improve the performances and efficiency of the …

High frequency decoupling strategy for the PEM fuel cell hybrid system

G Liu, J Zhang, Y Sun - International Journal of hydrogen energy, 2008 - Elsevier
Introduction of a fast auxiliary power source and a decrease in the transient regulation of the
polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell are possible methods for improving system …