Honeywell Engines and Systems (E&S) Environmental Control Systems (ECS) division has been developing a 50 kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell brassboard system for automotive application as part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program. A primary issue in the development of the brassboard is the automatic control of the system. A preferred DOE requirement is dynamic load following from idle to peak power. Since the PEM stacks require precise inlet condition control for both the air and fuel to achieve high efficiency, the control system must provide good dynamic tracking and low steady-state error over the entire operating range. In addition, the controller must provide automatic system start-up and shutdown, built-in-test (BIT) to monitor key system parameters, and take corrective action if those parameters reach an unsafe condition. The purpose of this paper is to present the control system design approach taken by the authors to achieve those goals. Topics covered will include dynamic system modeling and simulation, obtaining system dynamic response data via test, control design approaches using the system model, and subsystem test data that provides initial validation of the approach. The paper will also discuss relevant technical hurdles that remain for developing this system and its controller into a viable commercial product.


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    Title :

    Control System Development for Automotive PEM Fuel Cell Vehicles


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Future Transportation Technology Conference & Exposition ; 2001



    Publication date :

    2001-08-20




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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