Paper Info
Title
A PEM Fuel-Cell Model Featuring Oxygen-Excess-Ratio Estimation and Power-Electronics Interaction
Abstract
In this paper, a polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel-cell (FC) model that is useful for simulation and control purposes is presented. The model uses both electrical-circuit components and functional blocks to reproduce both static and dynamic FC behaviors. Its main feature is in the reproduction of the oxygen-excess-ratio behavior, but it is also able to interact with any electrical device connected at the FC terminals, e.g., a load or a switching converter. Consequently, the proposed model can be used to develop new control strategies aimed at avoiding the oxygen-starvation effect and/or minimizing the fuel consumption. The model has been customized for a Ballard Nexa 1.2-kW power system, and this has allowed an experimental validation by means of measurements performed on a real FC device.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/TIE.2009.2026363
Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
electrochemistry,oxygen,proton exchange membrane fuel cells,switching convertors,PEMFC,electrical circuit components,fuel consumption,oxygen excess ratio estimation,oxygen starvation effect,polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell,power 1.2 kW,power electronics interaction,switching converter,Oxygen excess ratio,polymer-electrolyte-membrane (PEM) fuel-cell (FC) modeling,power-electronics simulation
Capacitor,Proton exchange membrane fuel cell,Power system simulation,Electric power system,Control engineering,Resistor,Power electronics,Fuel efficiency,Engineering,Electronic circuit
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
6
0278-0046
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.52
15
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlos Andrés Ramos-Paja1254.96
Roberto Giral29414.17
L. Martínez314528.94
Jenny Romano430.52
Alfonso Romero5345.29
Giovanni Spagnuolo622036.73
Carlos Andrés Ramos Paja7224.26
Martinez-Salamero, L.851.32