Journal of
Petroleum and Gas Engineering

  • Abbreviation: J. Petroleum Gas Eng.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2677
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPGE
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 124

Full Length Research Paper

Process parameters for maximum power of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Mojtaba Tafaoli-Masoule*, Mohsen Shakeri and Arian Bahrami
  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fuel Cell Research Technology Group, Babol University of Technology, P. O. Box 484, Babol, Iran.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 03 November 2011
  •  Published: 29 February 2012

Abstract

 

Pressure and temperature of the cell are the effective parameters in performance of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. In this study, a genetic algorithm is applied to determine operating conditions that result in maximum power density of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). A quasi two dimensional, isothermal model is presented for PEM fuel cell and the polarization curve of the system could be achieved. The maximum power density of the system is used as fitness function of genetic algorithm. An experimental setup is developed and the result of this analytical model is compared to experimental result and has a good agreement.

 

Key words: Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell, genetic algorithm, analytical model, optimization.

Abbreviation

Abbreviations: GA, Genetic algorithm; MEA, membrane electrode assembly; PEMFC,proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

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