International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

Design and Development of Energy Efficient Advanced PEM Fuel Cell for Electric Vehicle Application

Sudarshan L Chavan and Dhananjay B Talange, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering(COEP), Pune, India.

International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems

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Volume 06, Issue 02

Page No :018-021

Abstract

For electric vehicle application, direct use of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell is restricted because of its slow dynamics and low peak power supplying capability. Slow dynamics of PEM fuel cell causes large variation in DC bus automotive system with respect to step electrical load particularly the starting of electrical motor which demand large energy in short time. Due to low peak power supplying capability, it is required use higher rating PEM fuel cell, even though the continuous power rating required for the load is very less. To compensate slow dynamics and low peak power supplying capability of PEM fuel cell the automotive vehicle power system must have an auxiliary source like supercapacitor or high power secondary battery. The hybrid automotive system consisting of PEM fuel cell and supercapacitor or high power secondary battery needs more space for installation in vehicle and also it is more costly. The proposed paper discuss design and development of advance PEM fuel cell, which uses nano material technology for development, and overcomes both drawbacks of conventional PEM fuel. The advanced PEM fuel cell is equivalent to integration of features of PEM fuel cell and supercapacitor into a single power source and hence it is more suitable for electric vehicle application.

Keywords

PEM fuel cell, Supercapacitor, Graphene, Metal oxide, Three phase boundary etc.

Cite this Article

Sudarshan L Chavan and Dhananjay B Talange, “Design and Development of Energy Efficient Advanced PEM Fuel Cell for Electric Vehicle Application, ”International Journal of Advanced Computing and Communication Systems, pp. 001-008, July 2019.

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© 2019 Sudarshan L Chavan and Dhananjay B Talange. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.