Data-driven predictive control for solid oxide fuel cells

This paper is concerned with predictive control of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) based on a benchmark model commonly studied in the dynamic SOFC modeling/control literature. It has been shown in previous studies that control of SOFC is challenging owing to the slow response and tight operating constraints. In this paper, we apply a data-driven predictive control approach to solving the control problem of the SOFC system. The predictive control applied is completely data based. In addition, unlike other data-driven predictive control designs, the proposed approach can deal with systems without complete on-line measurement of all output variables. Simulation results have demonstrated the feasibility of the control application.

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