Modelling and experimental studies on a direct methanol fuel cell working under low methanol crossover and high methanol concentrations

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (15) ◽  
pp. 6443-6451 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.B. Oliveira ◽  
C.M. Rangel ◽  
A.M.F.R. Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Methanol Crossover ◽  
Direct Methanol ◽  
Methanol Fuel Cell

scholarly journals Experimental Studies on a New Controller Design and Implementation in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 796
Author(s):  
Ramasamy Govindarasu ◽  
Solaiappan Somasundaram
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell ◽  
Controller Design ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Set Point ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Direct Methanol ◽  
Methanol Fuel Cell

A dynamic model of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell is developed in the MATLAB platform. A newly proposed Coefficient Diagram based Proportional Integral Controller (CD-PIC) is designed and its parameters are calculated. The newly designed CD-PIC is implemented in a real time Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) experimental setup. Performances in real time operation of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) are evaluated. The performance of CD-PIC is obtained under tracking of set point changes. In order to evaluate the CD-PIC performances, most popular tuning rules based Conventional PI Controllers (C-PIC) are also designed and analyzed. Set point tracking is carried out for the step changes of ±10% and ±15% at two different operational points. The controller performances are analyzed in terms of Controller Performance Measuring (CPM) indices. The said performance measures indicate that the proposed CD-PIC gives the superior performances for set point changes and found very much robust in controlling DMFC.

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