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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2008, Vol. 9 Issue (4): 552-557    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A0720023
Electrical & Electronic Engineering     
Hybrid intelligent PID control design for PEMFC anode system
Rui-min WANG, Ying-ying ZHANG, Guang-yi CAO
Fuel Cell Institute, Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China; Institute of Oceanographic Instrument, Shandong Academy of Science, Qingdao 266001, China
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Abstract  Control design is important for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generator. This work researched the anode system of a 60-kW PEMFC generator. Both anode pressure and humidity must be maintained at ideal levels during steady operation. In view of characteristics and requirements of the system, a hybrid intelligent PID controller is designed specifically based on dynamic simulation. A single neuron PI controller is used for anode humidity by adjusting the water injection to the hydrogen cell. Another incremental PID controller, based on the diagonal recurrent neural network (DRNN) dynamic identification, is used to control anode pressure to be more stable and exact by adjusting the hydrogen flow rate. This control strategy can avoid the coupling problem of the PEMFC and achieve a more adaptive ability. Simulation results showed that the control strategy can maintain both anode humidity and pressure at ideal levels regardless of variable load, nonlinear dynamic and coupling characteristics of the system. This work will give some guides for further control design and applications of the total PEMFC generator.

Key wordsProton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)      Anode system      Single neuron      Diagonal recurrent neural network (DRNN)      PID controller     
Received: 09 October 2007     
CLC:  TM911.4  
  TP273  
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Rui-min WANG, Ying-ying ZHANG, Guang-yi CAO. Hybrid intelligent PID control design for PEMFC anode system. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2008, 9(4): 552-557.

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