Nonlinear MPC for the airflow in a PEM fuel cell using a Volterra series model

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-217

  Gruber, J K ^a   Bordons, C ^a   Oliva, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Identification; Nonlinear model predictive control; Oxygen excess ratio; Volterra series model

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CLEAN ENERGY; COMMERCIAL FUEL CELLS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLERS; NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NONLINEAR MPC; OXYGEN EXCESS; OXYGEN EXCESS RATIO; PEM FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SAFETY ISSUES; SECOND ORDERS; VOLTERRA SERIES;

CONTROLLERS; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 83355177987     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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