Control of natural gas catalytic partial oxidation for hydrogen generation in fuel cell applications

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-14

  Pukrushpan, Jay T ^a   Stefanopoulou, Anna G ^b   Varigonda, Subbarao ^c   Pedersen, Lars M ^c   Ghosh, Shubhro ^c   Peng, Huei ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Fuel processor; Hydrogen generation; Multivariable feedback; Process modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; OXIDATION; REFORMING REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CATALYTIC PARTIAL OXIDATION; FUEL PROCESSOR; HYDROGEN GENERATION; MULTIVARIABLE FEEDBACK; PROCESS MODELING;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 12344287185     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2004.833649     Document Type: Article

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