A gain-scheduled LPV control for oxygen stoichiometry regulation in PEM fuel cell systems

The article addresses the LPV control of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC). In order to optimize efficiency, PEMFCs require reliable control systems ensuring stability and performance, as well as robustness to model uncertainties and external perturbations. On the other hand, PEMFCs p...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Bianchi, Fernando Daniel|||0000-0001-7332-6501, Kunusch, Cristian, Ocampo-Martínez, Carlos|||0000-0001-9251-6044, Sánchez Peña, Ricardo Salvador
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/27363
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/27363
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2013.2288992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:automation
control system synthesis
control theory
two-term control
linear parameter varying systems
gain scheduled control
anti-windup
PEM fuel cells
oxygen stoichiometry
Classificació INSPEC::Automation
Classificació INSPEC::Control theory::Control system synthesis
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Automàtica i control
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Resumo:The article addresses the LPV control of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC). In order to optimize efficiency, PEMFCs require reliable control systems ensuring stability and performance, as well as robustness to model uncertainties and external perturbations. On the other hand, PEMFCs present a highly nonlinear behavior that demands nonlinear and/or adaptive control strategies to achieve high performance in the entire operating range. Here, a linear parameter varying (LPV) gain scheduled control is proposed. The control is based on a piecewise affine LPV representation of the PEMFC, a model that can be available in practice. In order to deal with the saturation of the control action, an LPV anti-windup compensation is also proposed. The complete control strategy is applied to several experimental practical situations in a laboratory fuel cell system to evaluate its performance and the reliability of the proposed algorithms.