Utilization of Solar Power through PEM Fuel cells

Author

Thakur, Tilak ; Goyal, Sunita ; Garg, Sophia

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Deemed Univ., Chandigarh

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The fuel cells used in the newly designed hydrogen storage system to store solar energy has the power quality of low voltage as well as high current due to the electrochemical reaction and moreover it is also being investigated as an alternate power source for various applications like transportation and emergency power supplies. The paper presents the configuration and operation of fuel cell system along with the circuit model for a PEM fuel cell that can be used to design and analyze fuel-cell power system. Cost analysis of the storage system has been done which includes the major capital and operating expenses in storing hydrogen.

Keywords

fuel cell power plants; hydrogen storage; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; solar power stations; PEM fuel cells; fuel-cell power system; hydrogen storage system; power quality; solar power; Emergency power supplies; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Fuel storage; Hydrogen storage; Low voltage; Power quality; Power system modeling; Solar energy; Transportation; Cost; PEMFC; hydrogen storage system; solar photovoltaic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power System Technology and IEEE Power India Conference, 2008. POWERCON 2008. Joint International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1763-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1762-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPST.2008.4745210

Filename

4745210