Single Stage Power Electronic Interface for a Fuel Cell Based Power Supply System

Author

Jain, Shailendra ; Jiang, Jin ; Huang, Xinhong ; Stevandic, Srdjan

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON

fYear

2007

fDate

25-26 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

201

Lastpage

206

Abstract

Fuel cell systems have generated significant interests in residential applications as well as distributed power generation due to their cleanliness, portability and suitability for electricity and heat generation. Development of a suitable power electronic interface to make the technology viable is still a challenge. This paper presents a single stage power electronic interface for fuel cell power plant suitable for stand alone application as well as for grid interface. A single stage PWM inverter is selected as a power electronic interface between fuel cell and the grid, followed by a LC filter and a step-up transformer. The simulation model is developed in MATLAB environment with control scheme implementation in qd-reference frame.

Keywords

PWM invertors; distributed power generation; fuel cell power plants; power filters; power supply quality; power transformers; uninterruptible power supplies; LC filter; PWM inverter; distributed power generation; electricity; fuel cell power plant; fuel cell systems; grid interface; heat generation; power electronic interface; power supply system; step-up transformer; DC-DC power converters; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power supplies; Pulse width modulation inverters; Topology; Fuel Cell; Grid Interface; PWM Inverter; Power Quality; Stand Alone System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power Conference, 2007. EPC 2007. IEEE Canada

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1444-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1445-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPC.2007.4520330

Filename

4520330