Review and Analysis of Fuel Cell System Modelling and Control
Authors: Kary Thanapalan, Guoping Liu, Jonathan Williams, Bo Wang, David Rees
Abstract
This paper presents a review and analysis of a fuel cell system modelling and controller design for electric fuel cell vehicle applications. The paper begins by presenting the basic principal of PEM fuel cell dynamics. The work proceeds to investigate the fuel cell models and controller design techniques that have been applied to develop control law for fuel cell systems.
Dear Xuedong,
Yes, its can be considered as an alternative to other energy sources. A fuel cell is an electrochemical energy conversion device. It converts the chemicals hydrogen and oxygen into water and in the process it produces electricity.
Kind regards,
Kary
Dear Kary,
As you said "It converts the chemicals hydrogen and oxygen into water and in the process it produces electricity."
So the input is hydrogen and oxygen.
We all know that we can get oxygen just from air everywhere, but how about hydrogen?
We can not dig it out from middle east Iraq, Kuwait, or Texas,USA .
where should we got that much hydrogen?
Without hydrogen, its can not be considered as an energy sources.
Regards,
Xuedong
Dear Xuedong,
Well,research and developments are being carried out to investigate for possible ways to obtain hydrogen, and are still under investigations. But, at present low cost hydrogen can be obtain from, onsite natural gas reformers such as coal reformers.
Solar power, wind power, waste(renewable energy) are the other possible way to make hydrogen.
Kind regards
Kary
Dear Kary,
Natural gas and coal are all fossil enegy. and make CO2 same way as oil.
I agree that solar and wind are alternative energy.
Waste(renewable energy)? you mean plastic bags?
It seems that this is alternative shape of oil.
Kind regards
Xuedong
Dear Dr Kary Thanapalan,
I would like to know what is the difference with between this and the fuel cells developed by automotive companies?
cheers,
Taufiq
Dear Taufiq,
We are not considering developing a fuel cell, what we are interested in is that the PEM(Proton Exchange Membrane)fuel cell stack can be used as an alternative to other energy sources in the electric fuel cell vehicle applications.
If you are interested in different types of fuel cells, then there are several different types of fuel cells, each using a differnt chemistry, you can see more details in the paper.
Kind Regards
Kary
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Dear author,
Thank you very much for your contribution to IPROMS2008 and very welcome to "Production Automation and Control" Session.
My name is Xuedong Zhao who is a co-chair for this session.
In this paper, I read something about "energy source" that was mentioned in first paragraph.
Do you think the fuel cell could be considered as an energy sources?
Regards,
Xuedong
Co-chair of the PAC session