Fuel cells are set to become the power source of the future. The interest in

fuel cells has increased during the past decade due to the fact that the use

of fossil fuels for power has resulted in many negative consequences. Some

of these include severe pollution, extensive mining of the world’s resources,

and political control and domination of countries that have extensive

resources. A new power source is needed that is energy effi cient, has low

pollutant emissions, and has an unlimited supply of fuel. Fuel cells are now

closer to commercialization than ever, and they have the ability to fulfi ll

all of the global power needs while meeting the effi cacy and environmental

expectations.

Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are the most popular

type of fuel cell, and traditionally use hydrogen as the fuel. PEM fuel cells

also have many other fuel options, which range from hydrogen to ethanol

to biomass-derived materials. These fuels can either be directly fed into the

fuel cell, or sent to a reformer to extract pure hydrogen, which is then

directly fed to the fuel cell.

There are only 30 additional years left of the supply of fossil fuels for

energy use. Changing the fuel infrastructure is going to be costly, but steps

should be taken now to ensure that the new infrastructure is implemented

when needed. Since it is impossible to convert to a new economy overnight,

the change must begin slowly and must be motivated by national govern-

ments and large corporations. Instead of using fossil fuels directly, they can

be used as a “transitional” fuel to provide hydrogen that can be fed directly

into the fuel cells. After the transition to the new economy has begun,

hydrogen can then be obtained from cleaner sources, such as biomass,

nuclear energy, and water. This chapter discusses fuel cell basics and intro-

duces the modeling of fuel cells with the following topics:

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Hej,

Have you got this model? We can discuss about it, we also need a simple fuel cell model using matlab code, and I will implement the degradation model in it, if you have one model, can you share it to me? We can coauthor some papers in the future.

I am looking forward to your reply. Thank you in advance.

BR,

Qian@

I look for some documentation to model PEM electrolyser with matlab simulink.

I look too for free software to draw electrolyser system design.

Thanks