Authors:
Jocelyn Sabatier
1
;
Fabrice Mauvy
2
;
Jean-Louis Bobet
2
;
Damien Mohedano
3
;
Matthieu Faessel
3
and
Frédéric Bos
3
Affiliations:
1
Bordeaux University, IMS Lab., UMR 5218 CNRS, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence and France
;
2
CNRS, ICMCB Lab, UPR 5026, 87 Avenue du Dr Albert Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac and France
;
3
Bordeaux University, TechnoShop Coh@bit platform, Bordeaux Institute of Technology, 15 Rue Naudet, 33750 Gradignan and France
Keyword(s):
Hydrogen, PEM Fuel Cell, Production on Demand, Water Hydrolysis, Magnesium.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Engineering Applications
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Mechatronics Systems
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
;
System Modeling
Abstract:
Using a magnesium-based hydrolysis reaction that spontaneously produces hydrogen with a high kinetic and a high efficiency, this paper proposes a solution to supply a PEM fuel cell that permits production on demand. This solution is an instrumented reactor that uses capsules with magnesium powder and that controls the hydrolysis reaction in order to maintain a constant pressure. The hydrogen produced by the reactor is used to feed a PEM fuel cell in which variable electric loads are applied. By solving both the hydrogen supply and storage problems, such a system is particularly suitable for light mobility applications.