Harmony Search-Fractional order based Controller for
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell powered Vehicles

Vinu RAMADHAS^1*, Varghese PAUL², Kishore RAJENDIRAN³
¹ Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
vinur81@gmail.com (^*Corresponding author)
² Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India
vp.itcusat@gmail.com
³ SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
kishorer@ssn.edu.in

ABSTRACT: Fuel cell powered vehicles are comparatively more efficient than conventional vehicles which utilise fossil fuel as a main fuel source for energy conversion. This paper discusses Harmony Search optimized Fractional Order Proportional Integral Derivative (HS-FPID) controller which is used to regulate the speed of the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) powered vehicle. The robust and the swift response of the HS-FPID controller makes it superior to other existing controllers and hence it is also utilized to control the DC Motor speed of PEMFC powered vehicles. The robustness and the swiftness of the HS-FPID controller is established using MATLAB Simulink.

KEYWORDS: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell, Harmony Search Optimization, Fractional Order PID Controller.

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Vinu RAMADHAS, Varghese PAUL, Kishore RAJENDIRAN, Harmony Search-Fractional order based Controller for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell powered Vehicles, Studies in Informatics and Control, ISSN 1220-1766, vol. 27(4), pp. 469-480, 2018. https://doi.org/10.24846/v27i4y201811