Power Converters for Fuel-Cells Based Micro-Cogeneration Units

Author

Caramia, P. ; Carpinelli, G. ; Di Perna, C. ; Varilone, P.

Author_Institution

Cassino Univ., Cassino

fYear

2007

fDate

21-23 May 2007

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

259

Abstract

The paper deals with the power converter to be used in realising small scale generation units of electric and thermal energy. Polymeric fuel cells supplied with hydrogen obtained with natural gas reforming are considered as the most adequate fuel cell type for low and medium size applications. The complete structure of multistage converters is presented together with proper modelling of fuel cell. The model of fuel cell accounts for parameter variations with temperature and with reformer output. The simulations are performed using also experimental data obtained at Department of Industrial Engineering with existing 1.2 kW polymeric fuel cell system.

Keywords

cogeneration; fuel cell power plants; natural gas technology; power convertors; electric energy; micro-cogeneration units; multistage converters; natural gas reforming; polymeric fuel cells; power 1.2 kW; power converters; small scale generation units; thermal energy; Aerospace industry; Cogeneration; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Industrial engineering; Low voltage; Pollution; Polymers; Power generation; Static power converters; Cogeneration; Converters; Fuel cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power, 2007. ICCEP '07. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Capri

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0632-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0632-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2007.384219

Filename

4272390