A three-port bi-directional converter for hybrid fuel cell systems

Author

Michon, M. ; Duarte, J.L. ; Hendrix, M. ; Simöes, M. Godoy

Author_Institution

Group of Electromech. & Power Electron., Technische Univ. Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

6

fYear

2004

fDate

20-25 June 2004

Firstpage

4736

Abstract

The implementation of a fuel cell/battery hybrid system is proposed to improve the slow transient response of a PEM fuel cell stack. This system can be used for an autonomous device with quick load variations. A suitable three-port, galvanic isolated, bi-directional power converter is proposed to control the power flow. An energy management method for the proposed three-port circuit is analyzed and implemented. Measurements from a 500 W laboratory prototype are presented to demonstrate the validity of the approach.

Keywords

energy management systems; hybrid power systems; load flow control; power convertors; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; transient response; 500 W; PEM fuel cell stack; autonomous device; bidirectional converter; energy management method; hybrid fuel cell systems; load variations; power converter; power flow control; three-port circuit; transient response; Batteries; Bidirectional control; Circuit analysis; Energy management; Fuel cells; Galvanizing; Laboratories; Load flow; Load management; Transient response;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2004. PESC 04. 2004 IEEE 35th Annual

ISSN

0275-9306

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8399-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.2004.1354836

Filename

1354836