Multi-physics Unit Model of Fuel cell for Railway Vehicle Propulsion Systems

  • Abbas, Mazhar (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Cho, Inho (Korea Railroad Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Jonghoon (Department of Electrical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Published : 2018.07.03

Abstract

Fuel-cell powered Railway Vehicle Propulsion Systems (RVPSs) are highly desirable due to environment friendly characteristics, and high efficiency of fuel cell (FC). Among various types, the faster start-up and optimality to frequent starts and stops of Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) makes it well suited for propulsion systems. A comprehensive model of PEMFC with reflection of multi-physics behavior required to identify and validate its performance in real RVPSs. Thus this paper will model and simulate the PEMFC unit cell model: a detailed reflection of governing laws and account of dynamic conditions.

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