Fault-tolerant unfalsified control for PEM fuel cell systems

The article addresses the implementation of a data-driven control strategy in a real test bench based on proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The proposed control scheme is based on Unfalsified Control (UC), which allows adapting in real-time the control law by evaluating the performance sp...

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Autores: Bianchi, Fernando Daniel|||0000-0001-7332-6501, Ocampo-Martínez, Carlos|||0000-0001-9251-6044, Kunusch, Cristian, Sánchez Peña, Ricardo Salvador
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26865
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26865
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2014.2351838
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:adaptive control
automation
control system synthesis
control theory
Unfalsified control
PEM fuel cells
oxygen stoichiometry
fault-tolerant control tests
Classificació INSPEC::Control theory::Control system synthesis
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Automàtica i control
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Sumario:The article addresses the implementation of a data-driven control strategy in a real test bench based on proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The proposed control scheme is based on Unfalsified Control (UC), which allows adapting in real-time the control law by evaluating the performance specifications based only on measured input-output data. This approach is especially suitable to deal with non-linearity, model uncertainty and also possible faults that may occur in PEMFCs. The control strategy has been applied to several experimental practical situations in order to evaluate not only the system performance but also different fault scenarios. The experimental results have shown the effectiveness of the proposed approach to regulate the oxygen stoichiometry in real-time operation as well as to maintain a proper system performance under fault situations. Also, a start-up mass-flow controller is added in order to bring the system towards its normal operating conditions.