Proton exchange membrane fuel cell behavioral model suitable for prognostics.
Résumé
Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) is a discipline that enables the estimation of
the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of a system and is not yet much applied to Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cell PEMFC. However it could permit the definition of adequate
conditions allowing extending PEMFC's too short life duration. For that purpose, a model
that can reproduce the behavior of a PEMFC is needed. This paper presents a model of a
PEMFC that could serve for a prognostics purpose. The model is composed of a static part
and a dynamic parts that are independent. On one side, the static part is developed thanks
to equations describing the physical phenomena and is based on the ButlereVolmer law.
On the other side, the dynamic part is an electrical equivalency of physical phenomenon.
The models are validated thanks to experimental data gathered in long term tests. For that
purpose the parameters are successively updated based on characterization measurements
(polarisation curves and EIS (electrochemical impedance spectroscopy)). Then the
results of the model are compared to the ageing data in order to evaluate if the model is
able to reproduce the behavior of the fuel cell. The usefulness of this model for prognostics
is finally discussed.
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