Fuel cells: dynamic modeling and control with power electronics applications

Content: Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Authors
 1: Introduction
 1.1 Past, Present, and Future of Fuel Cells
 1.1.1 What Are Fuel Cells?
 1.1.2 Types of Fuel Cells
 1.2 Typical Fuel Cell Power System Organization
 1.3 Importance of Fuel Cell Dynamics
 1.4 Organization of This Book
 References
 2: Fundamentals of Fuel Cells
 2.1 Introduction
 2.2 PEMFC Components
 2.2.1 Membrane
 2.2.2 Membrane Electrode Assembly
 2.2.3 Bipolar Plates
 2.2.4 Heating or Cooling Plates
 2.3 BOP Components
 2.3.1 Water Management
 2.3.2 Thermal Management 2.3.3 Fuel Storage and Processing2.3.4 Power Conditioning
 References
 3: Linear and Nonlinear Models of Fuel Cell Dynamics
 3.1 Introduction
 3.2 Nonlinear Models of PEM Fuel Cell Dynamics
 3.2.1 Unified Model of Steady-State and Dynamic Voltage-Current Characteristics
 3.2.2 Simulation Results
 3.2.3 Nonlinear Model of PEM Fuel Cells for Control Applications
 3.3 State-Space Dynamic Model of PEMFCs
 3.4 Electrochemical Circuit Model of PEM Fuel Cells
 3.4.1 Equivalent Circuit
 3.4.2 Simulation Results
 3.5 Linear Model of PEM Fuel Cell Dynamics
 3.5.1 Chiu's et al. Model 3.5.1.1 Fuel Cell Small-Signal Model3.5.1.2 Correspondence of Simulation and Test Results
 3.5.2 Page's et al. Model
 3.5.3 University of South Alabama's Model
 3.5.4 Other Models
 3.6 Parametric Sensitivity of PEMFC Output Response
 3.6.1 Fuel Cell Dynamic Response and Sensitivity Analysis
 3.6.1.1 Sensitivity Function
 3.6.1.2 Sensitivity Function Plots
 3.6.2 Summary
 3.7 Temperature and Fuel Dependence of an Equivalent Circuit Model of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells' Dynamic Response
 3.7.1 Importance of Equivalent Circuit Model
 3.7.2 Equivalent Circuit Models of DMFC Dynamic Response 3.7.3 Testing of DMFC to Ascertain Equivalent Circuit Model Parameters3.7.4 Model Component Value Estimation
 3.7.5 Estimated Model Component Value Results
 3.7.5.1 For 1 mol/L Fuel Concentration
 3.7.5.2 For 0.5 mol/L Fuel Concentration
 3.7.6 Further Discussion
 3.7.7 Conclusions
 Nomenclature
 References
 4: Linear and Nonlinear Control Design for Fuel Cells
 4.1 Introduction
 4.2 Linear Control Design for Fuel Cells
 4.2.1 Distributed Parameter Model of Fuel Cells
 4.2.2 Linear Control Design and Simulations for Fuel Cells
 4.2.2.1 Power Control Loop 4.2.2.2 Power and Solid Temperature Control Loop4.2.2.3 Multi-Input and Multi-Output Control Strategy
 4.2.2.4 Ratio Control
 4.3 Nonlinear Control Design for Fuel Cells
 4.4 Nonlinear Control Design for Interface
 4.5 Analysis of Control Design
 4.6 Simulation of Nonlinear Control for PEMFC
 References
 5: Simulink Implementation of Fuel Cell Models and Controllers
 5.1 Introduction
 5.2 Simulink Implementation of the Fuel Cell Models
 5.3 Simulink Implementation of the Fuel Cell Controllers
 5.4 Simulation Results
 References
 6: Applications of Fuel Cells in Vehicles
 6.1 Introduction