Fuel cell power conditioning unit for standalone application with real time validation. (2nd August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dixit, Tata Venkat; Bankupalli, Phani Teja; Yadav, Anamika; Gupta, Shubhrata
• Is Part Of: International journal of hydrogen energy. Volume 43:Number 31(2018)
• Page Start: 14629
• Page End: 14637
• Publication Date: 2018-08-02
• Subjects: PEMFC -- ANN -- PSO -- RTDS; Hydrogen as fuel -- Periodicals; Hydrogène (Combustible) -- Périodiques; Hydrogen as fuel; Periodicals; 665.81
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.05.155
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0360-3199

Abstract

Abstract: In recent era, fuel cells are emerging as better alternative to wind and solar based energy sources due to its reliability and high efficiency. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is widely used in various applications due to low operating temperature and high energy density. On the other side low and unregulated stack voltage demands PEMFC integration with suitable power conditioning unit. However, the use of actual fuel cell power conditioning unit in design and testing for research is expensive. Any failure may lead to damage of source or power circuit. In this regard, the present work aims at developing a soft-computing model of PEMFC. Also, a DC-DC converter is designed to step-up the stack voltage. A classical PI controller is implemented to regulate the PEMFC fed power conditioning units for resistive loads. The proposed system is implemented is Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) using OPAL-RT's OP5600 Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). Highlights: Real time implementation of PEMFC in HIL. Data driven approach modeling of PEMFC. Time response analysis of boost and SEPIC based PEMFC power conditioning unit.