Microcontroller-based Control Design for Fuel Cell System

This paper described the hardware design using microcontroller as main part in for fuel cell controller. The system consist of 500 W rated fuel cell stack, a microcontroller and other components such as solenoid valve, proportional valve, cooling pump and sensors. Microcontroller is so easy and effective for this purpose that main function in controlling the fuel cell system can be operated by this chip due to some additional features which is integrated inside it. The microcontroller is not only responsible for controlling the hardware and receiving the measured data such as temperature, pressure, voltage and current but also for communicating with PC to share the data or even receive the set point.