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Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack
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DeLashmutt, Timothy E.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1227224687
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2008, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Electrical Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
Abstract
This thesis presents the modification of Pukrushpan's fuel cell model to include cathode flooding with water, water management by cathode outlet control valve, and hydrogen control by hydrogen control valve. The control objectives discussed in this document were created to meet the design requirements of maximizing the net power and preventing damage to the fuel cell. The differential equations that describe the model are very nonlinear and highly coupled. In order to facilitate controller design improved model is reduced by the standard singular perturbation method to eliminate fast-mode state variables by simplifying them to algebraic equations. These algebraic equations are used to create a simplified model that can describe the dominant slow-mode state with adequate accuracy for controller design.
Committee
Jianchao Zhu, PhD (Advisor)
Douglas Lawrence, PhD (Committee Member)
Jerrel Mitchell, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
159 p.
Subject Headings
Electrical Engineering
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Engineering
Keywords
Fuel Cell
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PEMFC
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singular perturbation method
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singular perturbation
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control
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modeling
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Matlab
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Simulink
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DeLashmutt, T. E. (2008).
Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1227224687
APA Style (7th edition)
DeLashmutt, Timothy.
Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack.
2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1227224687.
MLA Style (8th edition)
DeLashmutt, Timothy. "Modeling of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1227224687
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Ohio University and OhioLINK.