1. Oxygen excess ratio control of PEM fuel cell systems with prescribed regulation time.
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Kuang, Jiyuan, Lv, Jianfeng, Hao, Wenbo, Lin, Xinpo, Zhao, Dongdong, Matraji, Imad, Muhl, Patrick, and Liu, Jianxing
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PROTON exchange membrane fuel cells ,FUEL cells ,FUEL systems - Abstract
In this paper, we focus on addressing the air supply problem for fuel cells. The air supply system faces a challenge: operating at maximum load consumes a significant amount of power, while insufficient air can lead to oxygen starvation problems in fuel cells. An important metric, the oxygen excess ratio, indicates whether the fuel cell is receiving the appropriate amount of air. Unfortunately, directly measuring this ratio is generally impractical. To overcome this limitation, we propose a fixed-time observer that reconstructs the oxygen excess ratio within a short predetermined period. By utilizing this reconstructed index, we introduce a cascaded double-loop controller. Specifically, both the external and internal loops are regulated using a modified prescribed time control strategy. This approach enables the regulation of the oxygen excess ratio to the optimal value within a prescribed short time. The advantages of our proposed method are validated through hardware in-loop experiments, showcasing its superiority over conventional finite-time control techniques. • The controller ensures the oxygen excess ratio is regulated in a prescribed time. • The oxygen excess ratio is unmeasurable, so we estimate it by a Fixed-time observer. • A comparison with finite-time control is presented in a hardware-in-loop experiment. • The proposed method shows robustness against disturbance and parameter uncertainties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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