Humidity and pressure regulation in a PEM fuel cell using a gain-scheduled static feedback controller

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-297

  Karnik, Amey Y ^a   Sun, Jing ^b   Stefanopoulou, Anna G ^c   Buckland, Julia H ^a  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Humidity control; Output feedback; Pressure control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELL MEMBRANES; CONTROLLERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HYDROGEN; MOISTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE REGULATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); WATER VAPOR;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATIONS; ANODE SIDES; BACK PRESSURE VALVES; CATHODE HUMIDITIES; DRY HYDROGENS; FUEL CELL STACKS; GAIN-SCHEDULED CONTROLLERS; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; LIQUID WATERS; OUTPUT FEEDBACK; OUTPUT FEEDBACK SYSTEMS; PEM FUEL CELLS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; SATURATED CONDITIONS; STATIC FEEDBACKS; STATIC OUTPUT FEEDBACKS; VAPOR-PHASE; WATER MASS; WATER TRANSPORTS;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 63049088535     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2008.924562     Document Type: Article

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