A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems
Fuel cells are promising technologies for zero-emission energy conversion and power generation. However, durability and reliability are among the main barriers to their commercialisation. Clearly the system performance depends on the reliability of the overall system including both the stack and the...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2016
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34342/ |
| _version_ | 1848794829110116352 |
|---|---|
| author | Fecarotti, Claudia Andrews, John Chen, Rui |
| author_facet | Fecarotti, Claudia Andrews, John Chen, Rui |
| author_sort | Fecarotti, Claudia |
| building | Nottingham Research Data Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Fuel cells are promising technologies for zero-emission energy conversion and power generation. However, durability and reliability are among the main barriers to their commercialisation. Clearly the system performance depends on the reliability of the overall system including both the stack and the balance of plant. This paper seeks to introduce a modelling approach based on the Petri net method for the performance analysis of fuel cell systems. The proposed Petri net model intends to simulate the operation of the fuel cell stack and its supporting system to predict the system performance based on the system structure, along with the components deterioration process. The model considers the causal relationship between the operation of the balance of plant and the fuel cell stack performance. Purging is performed periodically in order to restore some of the voltage loss due to water accumulation or impurities within the cell. Failures of single components of the supporting systems are considered, which will have an immediate effect on the output voltage as well as long term effects on the stack performance. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T19:22:24Z |
| format | Article |
| id | nottingham-34342 |
| institution | University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T19:22:24Z |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | nottingham-343422020-05-04T17:56:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34342/ A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems Fecarotti, Claudia Andrews, John Chen, Rui Fuel cells are promising technologies for zero-emission energy conversion and power generation. However, durability and reliability are among the main barriers to their commercialisation. Clearly the system performance depends on the reliability of the overall system including both the stack and the balance of plant. This paper seeks to introduce a modelling approach based on the Petri net method for the performance analysis of fuel cell systems. The proposed Petri net model intends to simulate the operation of the fuel cell stack and its supporting system to predict the system performance based on the system structure, along with the components deterioration process. The model considers the causal relationship between the operation of the balance of plant and the fuel cell stack performance. Purging is performed periodically in order to restore some of the voltage loss due to water accumulation or impurities within the cell. Failures of single components of the supporting systems are considered, which will have an immediate effect on the output voltage as well as long term effects on the stack performance. Elsevier 2016-06-16 Article PeerReviewed Fecarotti, Claudia, Andrews, John and Chen, Rui (2016) A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy . ISSN 0360-3199 Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system; Reliability; Petri net; Simulation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319915304018 doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.138 doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.138 |
| spellingShingle | Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system; Reliability; Petri net; Simulation Fecarotti, Claudia Andrews, John Chen, Rui A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| title | A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_full | A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_fullStr | A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_short | A Petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| title_sort | petri net approach for performance modelling of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems |
| topic | Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell system; Reliability; Petri net; Simulation |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34342/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34342/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34342/ |