Air Flow Real-time Optimization Strategy for Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Sources with Fuel Flow Based on Load-following

Fuel Cells ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 809-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bizon ◽  
G. Iana ◽  
E. Kurt ◽  
P. Thounthong ◽  
M. Oproescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Cell Hybrid ◽  
Optimization Strategy ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Hybrid Power ◽  
Load Following ◽  
Fuel Flow ◽  
Time Optimization ◽  
Real Time Optimization

scholarly journals Experimental Comparison of Three Real-Time Optimization Strategies Applied to Renewable/ FC-Based Hybrid Power Systems Based on Load-Following Control

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicu Bizon ◽  
Mihai Oproescu
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fuel Economy ◽  
Experimental Comparison ◽  
Hybrid Power Systems ◽  
Hybrid Power ◽  
Load Following ◽  
Time Optimization ◽  
Real Time Optimization

Besides three different real-time optimization strategies analyzed for the Renewable/ Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Systems (REW/FC-HPS) based on load-following (LFW) control, a short but critical assessment of the Real-Time Optimization (RTO) strategies is presented in this paper. The advantage of power flow balance on the DC bus through the FC net power generated using the LFW control instead of using the batteries’ stack is highlighted in this study. As LFW control consequence, the battery operates in charge-sustained mode and many advantages can be exploited in practice such as: reducing the size of the battery and maintenance cost, canceling the monitoring condition of the battery state-of-charge etc. The optimization of three FC-HPSs topologies based on appropriate RTO strategy is performed here using indicators such as fuel economy, fuel consumption efficiency, and FC electrical efficiency. The challenging task to optimize operation of the FC-HPS under unknown profile of the load demand is approached using an optimization function based on linear mix of the FC net power and the fuel consumption through the weighting coefficients knet and kfuel. If optimum values are chosen, then a RTO switching strategy can improve even further the fuel economy over the entire range of load.

scholarly journals Experimental real-time optimization of a solid oxide fuel cell stack via constraint adaptation

Energy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene A. Bunin ◽  
Zacharie Wuillemin ◽  
Grégory François ◽  
Arata Nakajo ◽  
Leonidas Tsikonis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell Stack ◽  
Time Optimization ◽  
Real Time Optimization

Experimental Evaluation of a Control Strategy for Real-Time Optimization of Low Temperature PEM Fuel Cell Stack

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panini Kolavennu ◽  
Susanta K. Das ◽  
K. Joel Berry
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Pem Fuel Cell ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Feed Forward ◽  
Fuel Cell Stack ◽  
Feed Forward Control ◽  
Time Optimization ◽  
Real Time Optimization

A robust control strategy which ensures optimum performance is crucial to proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell development. In a PEM fuel cell stack, the primary control variables are the reactant’s stochiometric ratio, membrane’s relative humidity and operating pressure of the anode and cathode. In this study, a 5 kW (25-cell) PEM fuel cell stack is experimentally evaluated under various operating conditions. Using the extensive experimental data of voltage-current characteristics, a feed forward control strategy based on a 3D surface map of cathode pressure, current density and membrane humidity at different operating voltages is developed. The effectiveness of the feed forward control strategy is tested on the Green-light testing facility. To reduce the dependence on predetermined system parameters, real-time optimization based on extremum seeking algorithm is proposed to control the air flow rate into the cathode of the PEM fuel cell stack. The quantitative results obtained from the experiments show good potential towards achieving effective control of PEM fuel cell stack.

Nonlinear control of fuel cell hybrid power sources: Part I – Voltage control

2011 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 2559-2573 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Bizon
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Nonlinear Control ◽  
Cell Hybrid ◽  
Voltage Control ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Hybrid Power ◽  
Fuel Cell Hybrid
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