Estimation of Optimum Operating Profile for PEMFC

摘要

In this paper, we present a methodology to estimate the optimum operating condition for increasing the available power density from the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell (PEMFC). This is achieved by implementing an optimization procedure on a mathematical model of the PEMFC. As a first step, the input condition in steady state is optimized and dynamic optimization is implemented on the transient model. It was observed that the first-principles model requires large computational time and hence we propose to reformulate the model to increase the computational efficiency and then use the same for dynamic optimization.