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Journal of Power Sources 193 (2009) 258–268 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Power Sources j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/jpow sour Operational optimization and real-time control of fuel-cell systems J. Hasikos, H. Sarimveis ∗ , P.L. Zervas, N.C. Markatos National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Str., GR-157 80 Athens, Greece a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Fuel cells is a rapidly evolving technology with applications in many industries including transportation, Received 10 October 2008 and both portable and stationary power generation. The viability, efficiency and robustness of fuel-cell Received in revised form 7 January 2009 systems depend strongly on optimization and control of their operation. This paper presents the devel- Accepted 8 January 2009 opment of an integrated optimization and control tool for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel-Cell (PEMFC) Available online 29 January 2009 systems. Using a detailed simulation model, a database is generated first, which contains steady-state values of the manipulated and controlled variables over the full operational range of the fuel-cell sys- Keywords: tem. In a second step, the database is utilized for producing Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural network Fuel cells Hydrogen