Maximum power point tracking for fuel cell in fuel cell/battery hybrid systems

Yau

Abstract and Applied Analysis

2013

Fuel cells (FCs) are characterized by low pollution, low noise, and high efficiency. However, the voltage-current response of an FC is nonlinear, with the result that there exists just one operating point which maximizes the output power given a particular set of operating conditions. Accordingly, the present study proposes a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control scheme based on extension theory to stabilize the output of an FC at the point of maximum power. The simulation results confirm the ability of the controller to stabilize the output power at the maximum power point despite sudden changes in the temperature, hydrogen pressure, and membrane water content. Moreover, the transient response time of the proposed controller is shown to be faster than that of existing sliding mode (SM) and extremum seeking (ES) controllers.

Section: Overall Design Of Maximum Power Pointmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Extension Sliding Mode Controller for Maximum Power Point Tracking of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Yau

Abstract and Applied Analysis

2013

2012 International Conference on System Engineering and Technology (ICSET)

“…Bizon [2] proposed architecture of hybrid power source for vehicle application operating at MPP of fuel cell using extremum seeking. Dargahi M. [3] proposed MPP tracking for fuel cell in fuel cell/battery hybrid power systems using perturbation and observe (P&O) algorithm.…”

Section: Iintroductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The problem of MPPT for PEM fuel cell was discussed in [1,2,3]. Particularly, extremum seeking was applied for MPPT of fuel cell in [1,2].…”

Section: Iintroductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental study of extremum seeking control for maximum power point tracking of PEM fuel cell

Romdlony

Trilaksono

Ortega

2012

The Ability to extract the maximum power of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is the important issue for optimal design of fuel cell powered system. It is necessary to force the fuel cell to operate in a condition which match up with its maximum power point (MPP). MPP varies nonlinearly with the unpredictable variation in the fuel cell's operation condition. Thus, a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller is needed to deliver the maximum possible power to the load when a variation in the operation condition occur. The proposed control system consists of two-loop cascade controller with a DC-DC converter. The outer loop uses extremum seeking control to estimate the real-time MPP, and the inner loop uses that estimated value as a set-point for hysteretic control to force the fuel cell to operate at the estimated MPP by DC-DC boost converter. Extremum seeking control and hysteresis control are implemented on a dSPACE DS1104 controller board. For the experiment setup, small scale energy sources are operated, which is Constructor 50 W 10 A fuel cell. Simulation and experiment shows that this proposed control can achieve satisfactorily the maximum power point of fuel cell.

2010 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy

“…Fuel cells (FCs) are static electric power sources that convert the chemical energy of fuel directly into electrical energy [7]. In this paper, the PV/FC hybrid system is considered as DG source.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of the PV/FC hybrid power generation system on total line loss in distribution network

Renani

Abyaneh

Sadeghi

et al. 2010

In this paper, the effect of PV/FC hybrid power generation system on total line loss of distribution network has been studied. Studies have been conducted on a real life 20 kV distribution network. A DPL (DIgSILENT Programming Language) code is developed to analyze the effect of the PV/FC hybrid system on total line loss in distribution network. Simulations, in three loading conditions and by considering worst environmental conditions (cloudy weather, at nights, etc) that output power of PV system is zero have been done. Sample distribution network has been considered in two structures: 1-sample distribution network by PV system as DG and 2same distribution network but by PV/FC hybrid power system as DG. The Simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of PV/FC hybrid system in order to decrease the total line loss. . His current research interests include electromagnetic compatibility problems in power engineering and electromagnetic non-destructive evaluation of materials. He holds 3 patents and is the author or coauthor of one book and over 200 papers and technical reports.Hamed Hashemi Dezaki was born in 1986, Borujen, Iran. He received B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2009. Presently, he is a M.Sc. student at the department of electrical engineering of Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. His main fields of research are power system transient and protection of power systems, power quality, high voltage, reliability, electrical insulation and using artificial intelligence in power system and distributed generation (DG).