Title :
Power conditioning system for fuel cells for integration to ships
Author :
Luckose, L. ; Hess, H.L. ; Johnson, B.K.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. & Commun. Inst., Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents modeling and simulation study of a fuel cell power system for ships. The paper reviews the ship´s current power system and its limitations. A detailed discussion of the issues associated with integrating fuel cells to ships and power conditioning systems for fuel cells to overcome the limitations is also presented. A model of the fuel cell and an energy storage system to mitigate the fuel cell´s slow dynamics is developed and described in the paper. Simulation results of the performance of this system are also presented.
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; ships; fuel cell power system; power conditioning system; ships; Batteries; Fuel cells; Load flow; Marine vehicles; Power conditioning; Power generation; Power system dynamics; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Propulsion; battery; fuel cells; hybrid; ships;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2009. VPPC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2600-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2601-0
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289743
