Adaptive model predictive control of the hybrid dynamics of a fuel cell system

Abstract : In this paper, an adaptive control scheme for the safe operation of a fuel cell system is presented. The aim of the control design is to guarantee that the oxygen ratio do not reach dangerous values. A first level of control is given by a feedforward control. An improved behavior is obtained using an adaptive predictive controller to determine the voltage to be applied to the air compressor. An admissible robust control invariant set for the PWA model of the system is computed. The control action of the predictive controller is obtained in such a way that the state is always included in the safe region characterized by the admissible robust control invariant set. This guarantees that the proposed controller always provides safe evolutions of the system.