Diagnosis of PEM fuel cells through current interruption

Rubio, Miguel A.; Urquía, Alfonso; Dormido, Sebastián

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.06.072

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“…tance, charge transfer resistance, diffusion related time constant and membrane resistance (i.e. impedance) [129,130]. It was found a correlation between the cathode flooding phenomenon and the diffusion resistance.…”

Section: Applications Of Prognostics To Pemfcmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…It was also reported that impedance model parameters can be used to diagnose other degradation phenomena such as membrane drying, cathode drying, membrane degradation, 415 and anode poisoning. The current interruption method was shown to be easy to use as an in-situ health monitoring method [129,130]. An implementation of continuous real-time impedance spectroscopy was carried out by Bethoux et al…”

Section: Applications Of Prognostics To Pemfcmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A review on prognostics and health monitoring of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Sutharssan

Montalvão

Chen

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Fuel cell technology can be traced back to 1839 when British scientist Sir William Grove discovered that it was possible to generate electricity by the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen gases. However, fuel cell still cannot compete with internal combustion engines although they have many advantages including zero carbon emissions. Fossil fuels are cheaper and present very high volumetric energy densities compared with the hydrogen gas. Furthermore, hydrogen storage as a liquid is still a huge challenge. Another important disadvantage is the lifespan of the fuel cell because of their durability, reliability and maintainability.Prognostics is an emerging technology in sustainability of engineering systems through failure prevention, reliability assessment and remaining useful lifetime estimation. Prognostics and health monitoring can play a critical role in enhancing the durability, reliability and maintainability of the fuel cell system. This paper presents a review on the current state-of-the-art in prognostics and health monitoring of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC), aiming at identifying research and development opportunities in these fields. This paper also highlights the importance of incorporating prognostics and failure modes, mechanisms and effects analysis (FMMEA) in PEMFC to give them sustainable * Corresponding author Email address: (tsutharssan@iee.org) (Thamo Sutharssan)Preprint submitted to Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews November 14, 2016 competitive advantage when compared with other non-clean energy solutions.

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Section: Applications Of Prognostics To Pemfcmentioning

confidence: 89%

Section: Applications Of Prognostics To Pemfcmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on prognostics and health monitoring of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Sutharssan

Montalvão

Chen

et al. 2017

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

195

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“…7. Both electrodes (anode and cathode) are presented with Randles models and are connected in series with the internal resistance R m linked to the membrane [26,27]. In Fig.…”

Section: Poor Water Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of the Main Power Electronics' Advances in Order to Ensure Efficient Operation and Durability of PEMFCs

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Original scientific paperThis article focuses on the main issues that affect the lifetime and performance of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. The short lifespans of these fuel cells represent a barrier to their massive commercialization and usage in mobile and stationary applications. As fuel cell is a very complex system, a lot of knowledge of different areas is required, such as chemistry, electricity and mechanics, in order to completely understand its operation and all the problems that can occur during it. It is for this reason that an interdisciplinary approach needs to be taken when designing fuel-cell energy systems. This paper focuses on identifying and solving those issues that negatively affect the lifetime and performance of fuel cells. It is hoped that this article would be a valuable aid for power electronics' researchers and engineers for better understanding the presented issues and a useful guide for solving them with the use of proper power electronic-devices. Initially, the basic operation and structure of a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell is explained. Three main issues that can occur during operation of a mobile or stationary fuel cell energy system are pointed out and discussed in details, on the basis of the state-of-the-art on fuel cell technology. These issues are poor water management, reactant gas starvation and fuel cell current ripple. This article provides answers as to why they occur, how they affect the fuel cell, how they can be mitigated, and what are the future trends within this research field.Key words: PEMFC, Water management, Reactant gas starvation, Current ripple, Power electronics.Pregled znanstvenih napredaka u učinskoj elektronici usmjerenih ka osiguravanju efikasnog rada i dužeg životnog vijeka PEM gorivihćelija.Članak se osvrće na ključna pitanja koja utječu na vrijeme rada i performanse gorivihćelija s polimernom membranom kao elektrolitom. Kratak životni vijek gorivihćelija takve vrste prepreka je njihovoj komercijalizaciji i masovnoj upotrebi u mobilnim i stacionarnim stanicama. Budući da su gorivećelije komplicirani sustavi potrebno je znanje iz raznih područja kemije, elektrotehnike i mehanike da bi se u potpunosti mogao razumjeti njihov način rada i problemi koji se dogadaju. Upravo je zbog toga multidisciplinarni pristup nužnost pri razvoju sustava koji koriste gorivećelije. Ovaj ječlanak usmjeren prema identifikaciji i rješavanju onih problema koji negativno utječu na životni vijek i performanse gorivihćelija. Autori se nadaju daće sečlanak pokazati kao korisna pomoć i vodič istraživačima i inženjerima u domeni učinske elektronike pri susretu s navedenim problemima. Objašnjen je način rada i struktura gorivećelije s polimernom membranom kao elektrolitom. Izložena su, i diskutirana do u detalje, tri glavna problema sa stajališta trenutačnih spoznaja u području učinske elektronike. Ti problemi su: loše upravljanje vodom, nestanak reaktantnog plina i strujni trzaji u gorivimćelijama. Objašnjeno je zašto se ovi problemi dogadaju, kako utječu na gorivućelij...

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“…For the above simulations we used a small double layer capacitance in the order of magnitude as in [13,14]. In other publications like in [15,16] a larger double layer capacitance in the PEMFC is observed. For the latter case, the oscillations in the fuel cell vanish for the given duty period and no further effort has to be taken to avoid them.…”

Section: Pemfc and Boost-convertermentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of the Coupling Behavior of PEM Fuel Cells and DC-DC Converters

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Abstract:The connection between PEM fuel cells and common DC-DC converters is examined. The analysis is model-based and done for boost, buck and buck-boost converters. In a first step, the effect of the converter ripples upon the PEM fuel cell is shown. They introduce oscillations in the fuel cell. Their appearance is explained, discussed and possibilities for their suppression are given. After that, the overall behaviors of the coupled fuel cell-converter systems are analyzed. It is shown, that neither stationary multiplicities nor oscillations can be introduced by the couplings and therefore separate control approaches for both the PEMFC and the DC-DC converters are applicable.

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Diagnosis of PEM fuel cells through current interruption

Cited by 81 publications

References 27 publications

A review on prognostics and health monitoring of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

A review on prognostics and health monitoring of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

A Review of the Main Power Electronics' Advances in Order to Ensure Efficient Operation and Durability of PEMFCs

Analysis of the Coupling Behavior of PEM Fuel Cells and DC-DC Converters

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