Analysis of Optimal Oxygen Excess Ratio and Nonlinear Tracking Control of Vehicle PEMFC Air Supply System

Xianzhi Tang, Jilong Lin, Kun Zhao, Longfei Shi and Bo Wang

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021, vol. 2021, 1-17

Abstract:

To a large extent, the efficiency and durability of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) depend on the effective control of air supply system. However, dynamic load scenarios, internal and external disturbances, and the characteristics of strong nonlinearity make the control of complex air supply systems challenging. This paper mainly studies the modeling of PEMFC air supply system and the design of a nonlinear controller for oxygen excess ratio tracking control. First, we analyze and calibrate the system’s optimal oxygen excess ratio control target and explore how the system temperature and humidity impact it, respectively; second, a second-order affine oriented control model which can represent the static and dynamic characteristics of the air supply system is derived, and a disturbance observer is designed to estimate and compensate the “lumped error” online. Then, aiming at the problem of unmeasurable cathode pressure, a state observer based on Kalman optimal estimation algorithm is proposed to realize the real-time estimation of cathode pressure; finally, a dynamic output feedback control system based on observer and backstepping nonlinear controller is proposed, and the comparison and evaluation of two control strategies based on constant oxygen excess ratio tracking and optimal oxygen excess ratio tracking are carried out. The simulation results show the effectiveness and superiority of the designed control system compared with the reference controller.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1155/2021/4914816

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