Investigation of Z-source inverter for fuel cell system in a zero energy building

Author

Roomi, Muhammad M. ; Maswood, A.I.

Author_Institution

Sch. of EEE, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2014

fDate

29-31 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Fuel cells are energy conversion devices which use hydrogen as the fuel source and an integral part of a Zero energy Building (ZEB). Z-source inverters are attractive option for various energy conversions in a ZEB. In this paper the application of Z-source inverters to convert the DC output of fuel cells in a ZEB to AC output is studied. The changes in fuel utilization, stack consumption and stack efficiency of a 65kW fuel cell is studied by varying the fuel rate. The output voltage and output current of the fuel cell, DC-link voltage, three phase output voltage and three phase current of the inverter are also studied.

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; buildings (structures); hydrogen; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; AC output; DC output; DC-link voltage; Z-source inverter; ZEB; energy conversion devices; fuel cell system; fuel source; fuel utilization; hydrogen; stack consumption; stack efficiency; three phase current; three phase output voltage; zero energy building; Buildings; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Fuels; Hydrogen; Inverters; Switches; Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC); Z-source inverter; Zero Energy Building (ZEB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Developments in Renewable Energy Technology (ICDRET), 2014 3rd International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Dhaka

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDRET.2014.6861682

Filename

6861682