Sliding Mode Control for Power Tracking of Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cell System
Publication: Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel approach to control the output power of a proton-exchange membrane fuel-cell (PEMFC) system by the current rate of change. First, a 70-kW PEMFC system model is established, which is validated by the experimental data with the maximum error of the output voltage being 3.68%. Then, a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) sliding mode controller (SMC) is designed based on the PEMFC model to maintain the excess oxygen ratio, the pressure difference between the cathode and anode, the stack temperature, and the output power at expectations. Finally, the simulation results show that the designed MIMO SMC performs better than the conventional proportional integral (PI) controller. When the PEMFC system responds to the dynamically changing power demand, the maximum power tracking error is 4.79%, the temperature fluctuation is about 0.06 K, and the pressure difference is maintained within 10 Pa.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appearing in the published article are available from the corresponding author.
Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported by the Sichuan Provincial Key Science and Technology Project (No. 2019ZDZX0028).
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Received: Aug 16, 2022
Accepted: Jan 20, 2023
Published online: Apr 8, 2023
Published in print: Jun 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Sep 8, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Continuum mechanics
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Detection methods
- Electric power
- Energy engineering
- Energy sources (by type)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Errors (statistics)
- Fuels
- Mathematics
- Measurement (by type)
- Membranes
- Methodology (by type)
- Non-renewable energy
- Power demand
- Sliding effects
- Solid mechanics
- Statistics
- Structural engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Structural members
- Structural systems
- Temperature effects
- Temperature measurement
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