Design and experimental validation of a constrained MPC for the air feed of a fuel cell

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 874-885

  Gruber, J K ^a   Doll, M ^b   Bordons, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air feed control; Control design; Fuel cell; Identification; Model predictive control

Indexed keywords

AIR FEED CONTROL; AIR FEEDS; AIR FLOW-RATE; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CLEAN ENERGY; COMMERCIAL FUEL CELLS; COMPRESSOR MOTOR; CONTROL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; IDENTIFICATION; OXYGEN EXCESS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONTROLLERS; DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 67349263056     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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