Modelling and control of an onboard fuel processor for indirect methanol fuel cell vehicles
Abstract
In this paper, the dynamic model of a fuel processor for hydrogen production from steam reformation is first introduced. The fuel processor is built according to an integrated burner and reformer bi-catalyst plate configuration. The model is then coupled with the one of a PEM fuel cell, and the overallsimulator is used to analyze different control configurations. It is shown that the limited dynamic performances of the fuel processor do no represent a critical obstacle for future on-board applications provided that a proper architecture of the system and a well designed control structure are used.
