IFEFC01

EFFECT OF CELL TEMPERATURE ON THE POWER OUTPUT

OF A PEM FUEL CELL IN A TEST BED CONDITION
ABSTRACT
Fuel cells are one of the cleanest and efficient technologies for electricity
generation with products of water and heat. Polymer Electrode Membrane (PEM)
fuel cells has been widely recognized as the most promising technique for future
generating devices in the automotive, distributed power generation and portable
electronic applications. In recent years, research and development in fuel cells are
accelerated but present cost of fuel cells is still too high for them to become
feasible commercial products. The performance of PEM fuel cells is known to be
influenced by many parameters, such as operating temperature, pressure and
humidification of the gas streams. In order to improve fuel cell performances, it is
essential to understand these parametric effects on fuel cell operation. This paper
attempts to analyze the effect of cell Temperature on the output power of a PEM
fuel cell.

IFEFC02
FUZZY HYSTERESIS BASED POWER SHARING
CONTROLLER FOR GRID TIED OPERATION OF A FUEL
CELL
ABSTRACT
This project presents a new method of controlling the active and reactive
power flow in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) power plant
supplying a local residential load. The proposed power sharing controller
effectively divides the active power requirement of the load between the ac grid
and the micro grid while maintaining the grid at unity power factor always. This
mode of operation is achieved by supplying the entire reactive power demand of
the load by the fuel cell alone. The main aim however is to develop a fuzzy
hysteresis controller that effectively manages the power flow between the PEMFC
unit, the grid and a local three phase load while maintain the grid at unity power
factor at all times. The experimental prototype has micro controller, fuel cell,
converter, ADC, inverter, battery, and load ac.