A fuel cell-supercapacitor power supply for portable applications

Author

Boscaino, Valeria ; Capponi, Giuseppe ; Livreri, Patrizia ; Marino, Filippo

Author_Institution

DIEET, Univ. di Palermo, Palermo

fYear

2008

fDate

17-20 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Due to the increasing number and complexity of the available functions, modern hand-held devices require higher and higher current slew rates. Customerspsila requirements lead to a growing interest in longer-lasting power, fast transient response power supply systems and minimization of system weight, volume and cost. Fuel cell based hybrid systems are designed to meet all requirements. In this paper, a fuel cell-supercapacitor hybrid power supply for portable applications is proposed. The power management subsystem is designed and simulation results are shown to test the efficiency of the control algorithm.

Keywords

fuel cells; hybrid power systems; power supplies to apparatus; supercapacitors; transient response; current slew rate; fuel cell-supercapacitor hybrid power supply system; modern hand-held device; portable electronic device; power management subsystem; transient response; Batteries; Current supplies; DC-DC power converters; Energy management; Fuel cells; Power supplies; Steady-state; Supercapacitors; Transient response; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, 2008. COMPEL 2008. 11th Workshop on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2550-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2551-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMPEL.2008.4634693

Filename

4634693