The proton exchange membrane (PEMFC) fuel cell represents the energy of the future, in parallel with hydrogen. However, this technology must meet many technical challenges related to performance and durability before being sold on a large scale. It is well known that these challenges are closely linked to water management. This paper develops and implements a model of PEM fuel for simulation to...

Fuel cell is an emerging technology in the field of renewable energy sources which has the capacity to replace conventional energy generation sources. Fuel cell utilizes hydrogen energy to produce electricity. The electricity generated by the fuel cell can’t be directly used for a specific application as it needs proper power conditioning. Moreover, the output power fluctuates with different op...

Fuel cell power plants with an integrated fuel processing system for hydrogen generation are an attractive option for stationary, distributed power generation. We consider a PEM fuel cell power plant with CPO based fuel processor for generating hydrogen from natural gas. During load transients, the temperatures at various points of the fuel processor need to controlled tightly so that the catal...

Flow channel design on bipolar plates has a direct effect on Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell performance. It has been found out that the flow field design has a deterministic role on the mass transport and water management, and therefore on the achieved power in PEM Fuel cells. This study concentrates on improvements in the fuel cell performance through optimization of channel dimensio...

in this paper, an intelligent control strategy based on combination of the “flatness based control technique” and the “perturbation and observation (p&o;) mppt algorithm” is developed and investigated to control a hybrid electric energy source (heps). this ehps is composed of a fuel cell system (fc) and a solar panel (sp), as the main source and a supercapacitor bank (sc), as the auxiliary sour...

The team assembled for this project will perform the following tasks: 1. Obtain representative samples of physical parameter sensors currently available to meet the targets specified in the fuel cells section of the Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program (HFCIT) Multi-Year R,D&D Plan (MYP). 2. Design and construct a facility for testing physical and chemical sensors under ...

Electricity is one of the most vital ingredients of socio-economic development of a developing country like Bangladesh. Sufficient supply of electricity is essential for attracting both domestic and foreign investment. Bangladesh electricity generation is heavily dependent on fossil fuel mostly natural gas. Due to lack of gas supply to the power plants, the Bangladesh government has ordered par...