RT Journal Article
T1 Cell voltage monitoring All-in-One. A new low cost solution to perform degradation analysis on aircooled polymer electrolyte fuel cells
A1 Andújar Márquez, José Manuel
A1 Segura Manzano, Francisca
A1 Heras Jiménez, Ainhoa de las
A1 Vivas Fernández, Francisco José
K1 Energías renovables
AB In this work, a new low-cost and high-performance system for cells voltage monitoring and degradation studies in air-cooled polymer electrolyte fuel cells has been designed, built and validated in the laboratory under experimental conditions.This system allows monitoring in real time the cells’ voltages, the stack current and temperature in fuel cells made of up to 100 cells. The developed system consists of an acquisition system, which complies with all the recommendations and features necessary to perform degradation tests. It is a scalable configuration with a low number of components and great simplicity. Additionally, the cell voltage monitoring (CVM) system offers high rate of accuracy and high reliability and low cost in comparison with other commercial systems.In the same way, looking for an "All-in-One" solution, the acquisition hardware is accompanied by a software tool based on the "plug and play" philosophy. It allows in a simple way obtaining information from the cells and performing a degradation analysis based on the study of the polarisation curve. The different options and tools included in the CVM system permit, in a very intuitive and graphical way, detecting and quantifying the cell degradation without the need of isolating the stack from the system.Experimental tests carried out on the system validate its performance and show the great applicability of the system in cases where cell faults detection and degradation analysis are required.
PB Elsevier
SN 1879-3487 (electrónica)
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24870
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24870
LA eng
NO Francisco José Vivas, Ainhoa de las Heras, Francisca Segura, José Manuel Andújar, Cell voltage monitoring All-in-One. A new low cost solution to perform degradation analysis on air-cooled polymer electrolyte fuel cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 44, Issue 25, 2019, Pages 12842-12856, ISSN 0360-3199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.172. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319918341740)
NO This work is a contribution of the DPI2017-85540-R Project supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and by the European Union Regional Development Fund
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026