Modeling of On-Board Fuel Cell Power Plants

Abstract

A ship service fuel cell power system has been explored in a multidisciplinary and multidimensional effort to improve understanding the dynamic behaviors of individual components and the performance of the system. Models of individual components of the system are developed in the Virtual Test Bed format, which then allows easy reconfiguration of the system and allows nearly unlimited studies of system tradeoffs. Developed models include those for the fuel cell stack, compressors and expanders, methanol re-former (as a precursor to strategic fuels reformer), hydride bed (as an alternative hydrogen storage technology) and control systems. These, together with other models developed under other research programs, have been combined into a system simulation that allows to study the first-order system response.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 2002
Accession Number
ADA417184

Entities

People

  • Ralph E. White
  • Roger A. Dougal

Organizations

  • University of South Carolina

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calorific Value
  • Cells
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Electrochemical Reactions
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fuel Cells
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mass Transfer
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Methanols
  • Voltage

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computer Science.
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology