Corrective action with power converter for faulty multiple fuel cells generator used in transportation

Author

Frappé, Emmanuel ; De Bernardinis, Alexandre ; Coquery, Gérard ; Bethoux, Olivier ; Marchand, Claude

Author_Institution

Lab. of New Technol. (LTN), French Nat. Inst. for Transp. & Safety Res. (INRETS), Versailles, France

fYear

2010

fDate

1-3 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper deals with the corrective action with a power converter for a 100kW multiple fuel cells (FC) generator under fault and used for vehicle propulsion, or high power onboard electrical assistance. The objective is to permit, through the power converter and its control strategy, a soft shut-down of a FC stack in fault and guarantee a continuous of operation at a reduced power, acceptable by the specifications. The power converter should also realize the power management during the degraded working situation. Two power system architectures are studied and compared by numerical simulation.

Keywords

electric generators; fault diagnosis; fuel cell vehicles; machine control; power convertors; power system faults; transportation; FC stack; corrective action; faulty multiple fuel cell generator; high power onboard electrical assistance; numerical simulation; power converter; power management; power system architectures; transportation; vehicle propulsion; Circuit faults; Converters; Floods; Fuel cells; Generators; Topology; Voltage control; Fuel cells; continuous operating; degraded working mode; operational reliability; power management; redundancy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8220-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2010.5729037

Filename

5729037