ISBN: 978-981-18-5852-9 DOI: 10.18178/wcse.2022.04.133
Development of a New High Efficiency Control Method for Fuel Cell Power Generation Systems
Abstract— This paper proposes a MEPT (Maximum Efficiency Point Tracking) control system which can
detect a maximum efficiency point at high speed without a hydrogen flow meter, and compare a hydrogen
consumption of the MEPT control system with that of a conventional control system. As a result, the MEPT
control reduced the hydrogen consumption by 14.2% compared with the conventional control, and an
effectiveness of the proposed MEPT control was confirmed.
Index Terms— Fuel cell, FC, Hydrogen, MEPT.
Takuma Endoh
Kanagawa Institute of Technology
Kazutaka Itako
Kanagawa Institute of Technology
Cite: Takuma Endoh, Kazutaka Itako, " Development of a New High Efficiency Control Method for Fuel Cell Power Generation Systems, " WCSE 2022 Spring Event: 2022 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, pp. 1150-1156, Sanya, China, April 15-18, 2022.