Journal of Jilin University(Engineering and Technology Edition) ›› 2025, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (8): 2791-2801.doi: 10.13229/j.cnki.jdxbgxb.20240063

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Cathode intake system control method of proton exchange membrane fuel cells based on high-order fully actuated system

Ya-hui ZHANG1,2(),Gan-xin LI2,Yan-ling LIU2,Yun-feng HU1,3()   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Automotive Chassis Integration and Bionics,Jilin University,Changchun 130022,China
    2.School of Mechanical Engineering,Yanshan University,Qinhuangdao 066004,China
    3.College of Communication Engineering,Jilin University,Changchun 130022,China
  • Received:2024-01-17 Online:2025-08-01 Published:2025-11-14
  • Contact: Yun-feng HU E-mail:zhangyahui@ysu.edu.cn;huyf@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

A new control strategy was proposed for the air supply system of proton exchange membrane fuel cell, which solves the multiple input and multiple output, strong nonlinear coupling and internal and external disturbance control problem of the air supply system, then realizes the precision accurate tracking control of the air flow rate and cathode pressure. The high-order fully actuated system is derived from fourth-order underactuated system of the traditional state space model, and the extended state observer is designed to estimate the unknown disturbance based on high-order fully actuated system. According to the characteristics of high-order fully actuated system, the control law is designed to realize the cooperative control of the air flow and cathode pressure. Finally, through the simulation result comparison with other control strategies, and verified on the experimental bench, the results show that the air flow rate and cathode pressure can be precise controlled.

Key words: automatic control technology, proton exchange membrane fuel cell, air supply control, high-order fully actuated system approaches, extended state observer

CLC Number: 

  • TK91

Fig.1

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell structure"

Table 1

Parameters bi"

b1=ηcmktkvJcpRcm,b2=CpTatmJcpηcp,b3=patm,b4=γ-1γ,
b5=ηcmktJcpRcm,b6=RaTatmVsm,b7=1ηcp,b8=ksm,

b9=RaTstksmVca,b10=RˉTstncell4VcaF,

b11=RaTstVcaCD,trAT,trRˉTst1γ122γ+1γ+12γ-1,b12=Ttr?

Fig.2

Structure of control strategy for air supply subsystem"

Fig.3

Load current"

Fig.4

Control input of different control strategy"

Fig.5

Simulation results of different control strategy"

Fig.6

PEMFC air supply system experimental platform"

Fig.7

Control results of experiment 1"

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