Title :
Design and Implementation of a Control System for a Microgrid involving a Fuel Cell Power Module
Author :
Wang, Zhutian ; Huang, Xinhong ; Jiang, Jin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON
Abstract :
Distributed generation (DG) and microgrid technologies can be used to moderate the stress in electricity demand increase that the main stream utility grid is facing. In this paper, a control and monitoring system for an alternative energy based microgrid is designed using LabVIEW programming language. A prototype microgrid that consists of a PEM fuel cell power module and two synchronous generators is proposed in the study. The control system relies on a novel load- voltage control scheme for load distribution among these three energy sources. The proposed control system is implemented for the proposed microgrid.
Keywords :
condition monitoring; control system synthesis; distributed power generation; load regulation; power distribution control; power engineering computing; programming languages; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; synchronous generators; voltage control; LabVIEW programming language; PEM fuel cell; distributed generation; electricity demand; fuel cell power module; load distribution; load- voltage control scheme; microgrid; stream utility grid; synchronous generators; Computer languages; Control systems; Distributed control; Fuel cells; Monitoring; Multichip modules; Prototypes; Stress; Synchronous generators; Voltage control; Distributed Generation; LabVIEW; Microgrid; Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell;
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
DOI :
10.1109/EPC.2007.4520331
