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A steady state and dynamic fuel cell model including temperature effects
Filippo MarinoGiuseppe CapponiValeria Boscainosubject
Battery (electricity)WattSteady state (electronics)Computer sciencefuel cell modellingRange (aeronautics)Proton exchange membrane fuel cellFuel cellsControl engineeringElectronicsTemperature measurementdescription
In the last few years fuel cells have attracted much interest from both academic and industrial researchers to replace current lithium-ion and similar rechargeable battery systems. A wide variety of research areas benefit from fuel cell use: electro-chemical, stationary, transportation and portable electronics can be cited as an example. Potential applications range from few watts to megawatts systems. Even concerning quite different scientific areas, fuel cell modelling is a common requirement. The complexity of such a topic relies not only on the modelling approach but also in the model structure and implementation. In this paper a steady state and dynamic fuel cell circuital model including temperature effects is presented. As an example, the MATLAB/Simulink model of a 10W Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell is shown. The proposed modelling approach can be efficiently applied to any kind of fuel cell and implemented on several simulation environments, keeping high performances. The trade-off between complexity and accuracy is investigated and the comparison between experimental and simulation results shows the high efficiency and accuracy of the proposed model.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-01 |