Title :
Fuel cell hybrid topologies selection and control
Author :
Carrejo, C. ; Giral, R. ; Arango, E. ; Ramos-Paja, C.A. ; Olalla, C. ; Alonso, C.
Author_Institution :
LAAS, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper analyzed the efficiency of typical fuel cell hybrid topologies to propose a selection criteria depending on the load power profile. Also, it is presented a constraints-based robust control design to regulate the fuel cell system in safe operating conditions. This controller prevents the oxygen starvation phenomena by regulating the oxygen excess ratio. Finally, simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed solution under high-frequency load profiles.
Keywords :
fuel cells; robust control; constraints-based robust control design; fuel cell hybrid topology selection; high-frequency load profiles; load power profile; oxygen excess ratio; oxygen starvation phenomena; Batteries; DC-DC power converters; Fuel cells; Gain; Topology; Transfer functions; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Malaga
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9845-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2155-5516
DOI :
10.1109/PowerEng.2011.6036512