Using Artificial Delays to Approximate PID Controllers for a PEM Fuel Cell System

Resumen: In this paper, a Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller is proposed to regulate the dynamic response of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system and compensate for parametric variations and disturbances without the need of explicitly estimating or measuring them. As recognized in the literature, derivatives are difficult to measure or construct reliably in practice and hence, approximate them using finite differences is preferable. Such an approximation, if not performed carefully, may introduce undesired control activity and generate instability. In this sense, we propose to engineer the finite differences using artificial delays with the main objective of eliminating detrimental effects while guaranteeing the stability of the fuel cell system. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is testified by means of numerical simulations.

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Adrián Ramírez. Using Artificial Delays to Approximate PID Controllers for a PEM Fuel Cell System. Memorias del Congreso Nacional de Control Automático, pp. 382-387, 2021.

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Fuel cell systems; Time delay systems; Artificial delays

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