Robust control of the PEM fuel cell air-feed system via sub-optimal second order sliding mode

Applied Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 945-957

  Matraji, Imad ^a,b   Laghrouche, Salah ^a,b   Jemei, Samir ^b,c   Wack, Maxime ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^b University of Technology of Belfort   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cascade control; Hardware In Loop; PEM fuel cell air feed system; Robust second order sliding mode

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROLLERS; HARDWARE; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; ROBUST CONTROL;

CASCADE CONTROL; CASCADED STRUCTURE; CONTROL OBJECTIVES; CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE; EMULATION SYSTEM; FAST RESPONSE TIME; HARDWARE-IN-LOOP; LOAD CHANGE; LOAD VARIATIONS; OPERATING RANGES; OXYGEN EXCESS; OXYGEN STARVATION; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; PEM FUEL CELL; POWER OUT PUT; REAL TIME; SECOND ORDER SLIDING MODES; SUB-OPTIMAL ALGORITHMS; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE; TWIN SCREW;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; POWER GENERATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872400560     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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