Review Article

Modeling, Control, and Simulation of a Solar Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Hybrid Energy System for Grid-Connected Applications

Table 2

FC system model parameters.

FC system model parameters Value

Activation voltage constant ( ) 0.04777 [A−1]
Activation voltage constant ( ) 0.0136
Conversion factor (CV) 2
Faraday’s constant ( ) 96484600 [C/kmol]
Hydrogen time constant ( ) 3.37 [s]
Hydrogen valve constant ( ) 4.22 * 10−5 [kmol/(atms)]
Hydrogen-oxygen flow ratio ( ) 1.168
constant = /4 *   2.2802 * 10−7 [kmol/(atms)]
Number of cells ( ) 88
Number of stacks ( ) 1
Oxygen time constant ( ) 6.74 [s]
Oxygen valve constant ( ) 2.11 * 10−5 [kmol/(atms)]
FC system internal resistance ( ) 0.00303 ( )
FC absolute temperature ( ) 343 [K]
Universal gas constant ( ) 8314.47 [j/(kmol K)]
Utilization factor ( ) 0.8
Water time constant ( ) 18.418 [s]
Water valve constant ( ) 7.716 * 10−6 [kmol/(atms)]