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Performance Increase for a 2 kW Open Cathode Type Fuel Cell Using Temperature/Humidity Control

2 kW급 개방 캐소드형 연료전지 출력 향상을 위한 온습도 제어

  • 원위위 (전남대학교 대학원) ;
  • 최미화 (한국전력 미래기술연구소) ;
  • 양석란 (한국전력 미래기술연구소) ;
  • 김영배 (전남대학교 기계공학부)
  • Received : 2017.06.26
  • Accepted : 2017.08.30
  • Published : 2017.08.30
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Abstract

Temperature and humidity regulations of an open-cathode PEM fuel cell with balance of plant (BOP) are developed in this study. The axial fan, a bubble humidifier, set of solenoid valves and a controller are used to perform temperature and humidity control simultaneously. A fuzzy controller is designed, and it shows its superiority in real-time controlling for strong non-linear dynamical fuel cell system. The axial fan speed is used for temperature control and solenoid valve on/off signal of the bubble humidifier is used for humidity control. The axial fan speed is controlled to keep the fuel cell temperature within the desired point. Meanwhile, the bubble humidifier is utilized to moisture hydrogen to manage the water content of membrane. The results show that the proposed fuzzy controller effectively increases the output power of 10% for a PEM fuel cell.

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