Modeling and Simulation of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Alongside a Waste Heat Recovery System Based on the Organic Rankine Cycle in MATLAB/SIMULINK Environment

Sharjeel Ashraf Ansari, Mustafa Khalid, Khurram Kamal, Tahir Abdul Hussain Ratlamwala, Ghulam Hussain and Mohammed Alkahtani
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Sharjeel Ashraf Ansari: Department of Engineering Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Mustafa Khalid: Department of Engineering Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Khurram Kamal: Department of Engineering Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Tahir Abdul Hussain Ratlamwala: Department of Engineering Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Ghulam Hussain: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi 23640, Pakistan
Mohammed Alkahtani: Industrial Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is the fastest growing fuel cell technology on the market. Due to their sustainable nature, PEMFCs are widely adopted as a renewable energy resource. Fabricating a PEMFC is a costly process; hence, mathematical modeling and simulations are necessary in order to fully optimize its performance. Alongside this, the feasibility of a waste heat recovery system based on the organic Rankine cycle is also studied and power generation for different operating conditions is presented. The fuel cell produces a power output of 1198 W at a current of 24A. It has 50% efficiency and hence produces an equal amount of waste heat. That waste heat is used to drive an organic Rankine cycle (ORC), which in turn produces an additional 428 W of power at 35% efficiency. The total extracted power hence stands at 1626 W. MATLAB/Simulink R2016a is used for modeling both the fuel cell and the organic Rankine cycle.

Keywords: proton exchange membrane fuel cell; organic Rankine cycle; modeling; MATLAB/SIMULINK; renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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