PEMFC homogenization for aging assessment and energy management of stacks

This paper details a design tool for Multi-Stack Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) systems. A model-based approach allows us to homogenize disparate Fuel Cells (FC), which serves to simplify and to represent the overall behavior of the real Fuel Cell system. Comparing Multi-Stack Fuel Cell (MFC) systems using this approach revolves around the definition of an overall degradation index and an overall degradation speed for the system. This work also allows comparing energy management strategies.