Performance of a stand-alone renewable energy system based on hydrogen energy storage

Author

Al-Badi, A.H. ; Yousef, Hassan ; AlAamri, Othman ; AlAbdusalam, Mohammed ; AlShidi, Younis ; AlHarthy, Nasser

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat, Oman

fYear

2014

fDate

21-23 May 2014

Firstpage

356

Lastpage

359

Abstract

In this paper, an ac-linked hybrid electrical energy system comprising of photo voltaic (PV) and fuel cell (FC) with electrolyzer for standalone applications is proposed. PV is the primary power source of the system, and an FC-electrolyzer combination is used as a backup and as long-term storage system. A Fuzzy Logic controller is developed for the maximum power point tracking for the PV system. A simple power management strategy is designed for the proposed system to manage power flows among the different energy sources. A simulation model for the hybrid energy has been developed using MATLAB/Simulink.

Keywords

fuel cells; fuzzy control; hybrid power systems; hydrogen storage; load flow; load management; maximum power point trackers; solar cells; FC-electrolyzer; MATLAB; PV cell; PV system; Simulink; ac-linked hybrid electrical energy system; fuel cell; fuzzy logic controller; hydrogen energy storage; maximum power point tracking; photovoltaic cell; power management strategy; stand-alone renewable energy system; Fuel cells; Fuzzy logic; Hydrogen; Integrated circuit modeling; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Maximum power point trackers; Fuel cell; Fuzzy Logic controller; Hybrid energy system; PV; energy mangment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), 2014 6th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Athens

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCCSP.2014.6877887

Filename

6877887