An experimental evaluation of the effects of ripple current generated by the power conditioning stage on a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack Conference Paper

abstract

• In this article, an impedance model of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack (PEMFCS) is proposed. The proposed study employs an equivalent circuit of the PEMFCS derived by the frequency response analysis technique. An equivalent circuit for the PEMFCS is developed to evaluate the effects of ripple currents generated by the power-conditioning unit. The calculated results are then verified by means of experiments using a commercially available PEMFCS. The relationship between ripple current and (Fuel cell performance, such as power loss and fuel consumption, is investigated. Experimental results show that the ripple current can contribute up to a 6% reduction in the available output power.

authors

• Enjeti, Prasad

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE

author list (cited authors)

• Choi, W., Joung, G., Enjeti, P. N., & Howze, J. W.

citation count

• 33

complete list of authors

• Choi, W||Joung, G||Enjeti, PN||Howze, JW

publication date

• June 2004

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance  Journal

keywords

• Current Ripple
• Frequency Response Analysis
• Fuel Cell
• Impedance
• Modeling
• Power Reduction
• Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1361/10599490419144

start page

• 257

end page

• 264

volume

• 13

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1361/10599490419144