Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

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Main Author: Tumuluri, Uma
Language:English
Published: Cleveland State University / OhioLINK 2008
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Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1231961499
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-csu12319614992021-08-03T05:34:43Z Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Tumuluri, Uma FUEL CELLS sequential Monte Carlo unscented Kalman filter Research on alternative and renewable energy sources which are amicable to the environment has gained momentum because of the growing concern about the tremendous increase in the concentration of toxic and green house gases and scarcity of the fossil fuels. Among the available renewable sources, fuel cell technology has received a high research attention due to their high efficiency and superior reliability. Among the various fuel cells available, Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is promising source for both stationary and mobile applications because of its high efficiency and low operating temperatures. The performance of the fuel cell depends on the partial pressure of the hydrogen and oxygen, temperature of the stack and membrane humidity. A major obstacle in achieving active control of membrane water content and reactant supply is lack of reliable measurements of partial pressure of the gases and membrane humidity which motivates the use of estimators for estimating the partial pressure of the reactants. This thesis investigates the use nonlinear estimators such as sequential Monte Carlo and unscented Kalman filter to the estimate the partial pressure of hydrogen and oxygen and temperature. The performance of the two filters is studied for cases of poor filter initialization, plant-model mismatch and multiple load variations by calculating the mean square error. The performance of unscented Kalman filter was better than the sequential Monte Carlo which was not anticipated. 2008 English text Cleveland State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1231961499 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1231961499 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic FUEL CELLS
sequential Monte Carlo
unscented Kalman filter
spellingShingle FUEL CELLS
sequential Monte Carlo
unscented Kalman filter
Tumuluri, Uma
Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
author Tumuluri, Uma
author_facet Tumuluri, Uma
author_sort Tumuluri, Uma
title Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
title_short Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
title_full Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
title_fullStr Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
title_full_unstemmed Nonlinear State Estimation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
title_sort nonlinear state estimation in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
publisher Cleveland State University / OhioLINK
publishDate 2008
url http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1231961499
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