Correlation between field-test and laboratory results for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) used as a residential cogeneration system

This correlation work is mainly based on a field-test empirical efficiency model developed in a parallel study [1]. Another previous research work has studied laboratory steady-state performance of the same system [2] but those are very different than real field-test applications because the in-situ operating conditions are specific to the installation, the climate and the occupant’s behavior. Despite that, this work demonstrates how a correlation can still be conducted, mainly by implementing a primary energy penalty on the steady-state nonrealistic laboratory results.