To decrease the cost of electricity generation of a residential molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) power system, multi-crossover genetic algorithm (MCGA), which is based on "multi-crossover" and "usefulness-base...To decrease the cost of electricity generation of a residential molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) power system, multi-crossover genetic algorithm (MCGA), which is based on "multi-crossover" and "usefulness-based selection rule", is presented to minimize the daily fuel consumption of an experimental 10kW MCFC power system for residential application. Under the operating conditions obtained by MCGA, the operation constraints are satisfied and fuel consumption is minimized. Simulation and experimental results indicate that MCGA is efficient for the operation optimization of MCFC power systems.展开更多
Fuel cell powered vehicles have been developed as another alternative to internal combustion engine powered vehicles for some applications including passenger cars, buses, trains, motorcycles, forklifts, electric whee...Fuel cell powered vehicles have been developed as another alternative to internal combustion engine powered vehicles for some applications including passenger cars, buses, trains, motorcycles, forklifts, electric wheelchairs, electric trolleybuses, medical carts, military engines, personal sports craft, mobility devices and other self propelled equipment. Up to now, many researches have focused on the development of the power module in the Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and the components of these systems such as membranes, bipolar plates, and electrodes. However, our work in this study focuses on operating the integrated fuel cell power module system efficiently for various operating conditions such as pressure, relative humidity and operating modes. In our validation we have utilized PEMFC single cell, with active area geometry 16 cm2 and of 120 cm2. Some results obtained in our study shown significant performance indicators for PEMFC stack (composed of 2 cells and 4 cells in a series) at different humidification levels.展开更多
Microbial fuel cell(MFC) on the ocean floor is a kind of novel energy-harvesting device that can be developed to drive small instruments to work continuously.The shape of electrode has a great effect on the performanc...Microbial fuel cell(MFC) on the ocean floor is a kind of novel energy-harvesting device that can be developed to drive small instruments to work continuously.The shape of electrode has a great effect on the performance of the MFC.In this paper,several shapes of electrode and cell structure were designed,and their performance in MFC were compared in pairs:Mesh(cell-1) vs.flat plate(cell-2),branch(cell-3) vs.cylinder(cell-4),and forest(cell-5) vs.disk(cell-6) FC.Our results showed that the maximum power densities were 16.50,14.20,19.30,15.00,14.64,and 9.95 mWm-2 for cell-1,2,3,4,5 and 6 respectively.And the corre-sponding diffusion-limited currents were 7.16,2.80,18.86,10.50,18.00,and 6.900 mA.The mesh and branch anodes showed higher power densities and much higher diffusion-limited currents than the flat plate and the cylinder anodes respectively due to the low diffusion hindrance with the former anodes.The forest cathode improved by 47% of the power density and by 161% of diffusion-limited current than the disk cathode due to the former's extended solid/liquid/gas three-phase boundary.These results indicated that the shape of electrode is a major parameter that determining the diffusion-limited current of an MFC,and the differences in the elec-trode shape lead to the differences in cell performance.These results would be useful for MFC structure design in practical applica-tions.展开更多
Constructed here is a mathematic model of PEM Fuel Cell Vehicle Power System which is composed of fuel supply model, fuel cell stack model and water-heat management model. The model was developed by Matlab/Simulink to...Constructed here is a mathematic model of PEM Fuel Cell Vehicle Power System which is composed of fuel supply model, fuel cell stack model and water-heat management model. The model was developed by Matlab/Simulink to evaluate how the major operating variables affect the output performances. It shows that the constructed model can represent characteristics of the power system closely by com-paring modeling results with experimental data, and it can be used in the study and design of fuel cell vehicle power system.展开更多
为优化燃料电池混合动力系统(fuel cell hybrid power system,FCHPS)并延长其使用寿命,该文提出一种考虑电堆性能一致性的多目标优化能量管理方法。该方法的目的是降低系统等效氢耗、提高燃料电池系统内电堆组运行效率的同时限制锂电池...为优化燃料电池混合动力系统(fuel cell hybrid power system,FCHPS)并延长其使用寿命,该文提出一种考虑电堆性能一致性的多目标优化能量管理方法。该方法的目的是降低系统等效氢耗、提高燃料电池系统内电堆组运行效率的同时限制锂电池荷电状态(state of charge,SOC)波动。由于电堆组的性能会在实际运行过程中发生退化,因此该方法还考虑了电堆组的性能状态差异,通过限制性能较差电堆的运行压力,以延长系统寿命。为实现这一目的采用樽海鞘群算法(salpswarmalgorithm,SSA)对目标函数进行优化求解,得到系统最优功率分配。最后,基于RT-LAB半实物仿真平台,将所提方法与有限状态机控制方法进行对比,实验结果表明所提出的方法能够有效降低系统氢耗,提高电堆组效率的同时减缓性能较差电堆的功率波动,维持系统一致性,有利于系统长期稳定运行。展开更多
文摘To decrease the cost of electricity generation of a residential molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) power system, multi-crossover genetic algorithm (MCGA), which is based on "multi-crossover" and "usefulness-based selection rule", is presented to minimize the daily fuel consumption of an experimental 10kW MCFC power system for residential application. Under the operating conditions obtained by MCGA, the operation constraints are satisfied and fuel consumption is minimized. Simulation and experimental results indicate that MCGA is efficient for the operation optimization of MCFC power systems.
基金The Center for Renewable Energies Development (CDER)The General Directorate for Scientific Research and Tech- nological Development (DG-RSDT)+1 种基金The Na- tional Observatory of the Environment and the Durable Development (ONEDD)The Ministry of Town and Country Planning and the Environment
文摘Fuel cell powered vehicles have been developed as another alternative to internal combustion engine powered vehicles for some applications including passenger cars, buses, trains, motorcycles, forklifts, electric wheelchairs, electric trolleybuses, medical carts, military engines, personal sports craft, mobility devices and other self propelled equipment. Up to now, many researches have focused on the development of the power module in the Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and the components of these systems such as membranes, bipolar plates, and electrodes. However, our work in this study focuses on operating the integrated fuel cell power module system efficiently for various operating conditions such as pressure, relative humidity and operating modes. In our validation we have utilized PEMFC single cell, with active area geometry 16 cm2 and of 120 cm2. Some results obtained in our study shown significant performance indicators for PEMFC stack (composed of 2 cells and 4 cells in a series) at different humidification levels.
基金supported by the Key Project of Natural Science Fund of Shandong Province (ZR2011BZ008)the Marine Renewable Energy Special Fund Project from the State Oceanic Administration PRC (GHME2011GD04)+2 种基金the Scientific and Technology Development Plan Project of Shandong Province,China (2008GG10007003)the Key Laboratory of Submarine Geoscience and Exploring Technology of the Ministry of Education,Ocean University of China (Grant No. 2008-01)the Key Laboratory of Marine Environment & Ecology,Ministry of Education (Grant No. 2008010)
文摘Microbial fuel cell(MFC) on the ocean floor is a kind of novel energy-harvesting device that can be developed to drive small instruments to work continuously.The shape of electrode has a great effect on the performance of the MFC.In this paper,several shapes of electrode and cell structure were designed,and their performance in MFC were compared in pairs:Mesh(cell-1) vs.flat plate(cell-2),branch(cell-3) vs.cylinder(cell-4),and forest(cell-5) vs.disk(cell-6) FC.Our results showed that the maximum power densities were 16.50,14.20,19.30,15.00,14.64,and 9.95 mWm-2 for cell-1,2,3,4,5 and 6 respectively.And the corre-sponding diffusion-limited currents were 7.16,2.80,18.86,10.50,18.00,and 6.900 mA.The mesh and branch anodes showed higher power densities and much higher diffusion-limited currents than the flat plate and the cylinder anodes respectively due to the low diffusion hindrance with the former anodes.The forest cathode improved by 47% of the power density and by 161% of diffusion-limited current than the disk cathode due to the former's extended solid/liquid/gas three-phase boundary.These results indicated that the shape of electrode is a major parameter that determining the diffusion-limited current of an MFC,and the differences in the elec-trode shape lead to the differences in cell performance.These results would be useful for MFC structure design in practical applica-tions.
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007AA05Z145)State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No. 2007cb209707)Shanghai Science and Technol-ogy Project (Grant Nos. 06SN07115 and 07JC14024)
文摘Constructed here is a mathematic model of PEM Fuel Cell Vehicle Power System which is composed of fuel supply model, fuel cell stack model and water-heat management model. The model was developed by Matlab/Simulink to evaluate how the major operating variables affect the output performances. It shows that the constructed model can represent characteristics of the power system closely by com-paring modeling results with experimental data, and it can be used in the study and design of fuel cell vehicle power system.
文摘为优化燃料电池混合动力系统(fuel cell hybrid power system,FCHPS)并延长其使用寿命,该文提出一种考虑电堆性能一致性的多目标优化能量管理方法。该方法的目的是降低系统等效氢耗、提高燃料电池系统内电堆组运行效率的同时限制锂电池荷电状态(state of charge,SOC)波动。由于电堆组的性能会在实际运行过程中发生退化,因此该方法还考虑了电堆组的性能状态差异,通过限制性能较差电堆的运行压力,以延长系统寿命。为实现这一目的采用樽海鞘群算法(salpswarmalgorithm,SSA)对目标函数进行优化求解,得到系统最优功率分配。最后,基于RT-LAB半实物仿真平台,将所提方法与有限状态机控制方法进行对比,实验结果表明所提出的方法能够有效降低系统氢耗,提高电堆组效率的同时减缓性能较差电堆的功率波动,维持系统一致性,有利于系统长期稳定运行。