11.5.3.16. rheia.CASES.H2_POWER.h2_power.Evaluation.pemfc

Evaluation.pemfc(i_pemfc)

The PEM fuel cell model, based on the work of Murugesan et al. [2]. The model determines the current-voltage characteristic and provides the voltage, power, efficiency and hydrogen consumption.

[2] Murugesan, K., & Senniappan, V. (2013). Investigation of water management dynamics on the performance of a Ballard-Mark-V proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack system. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 8(6), 7885–7904.

Parameters

i_pemfc (float) – The fuel cell output current.

Returns

res – Dictionary with the operating conditions of the fuel cell for a given current. It contains items on the operating voltage, power, efficiency and hydrogen mass flow rate.

Return type

dict