Microcomputer control of a fuel cell power system

Author

Carrasco, J.M. ; Galván, E. ; Ridao, F.P. ; Barrero, F. ; Franquelo, L.G. ; Pozo, F. Del ; Toro, J.

Author_Institution

Dpto. de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Automatica, Seville Univ., Spain

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Sep 1994

Firstpage

473

Abstract

Microcomputer-based control of a fuel cell power conditioning system connected directly to the public grid is described. The control-functions are implemented using Intel 8XC196KD20 single-chip microcontroller-based hardware and software. The microcontroller is responsible for protection of the fuel cell, sequencing control, some diagnostics and protection. Moreover, a reactive predictive control scheme has been used in the system to compensate the reactive energy of the grid load. The controller has been tested in the laboratory with a prototype power conditioner and shows excellent performance

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; fuel cell power plants; fuel cells; invertors; microcomputer applications; microcontrollers; power system control; power system protection; power transformers; predictive control; reactive power control; Intel 8XC196KD20; diagnostics; fuel cell power system; grid load; hardware; microcomputer control; performance; power conditioning; protection; public grid; reactive energy; reactive predictive control; sequencing control; single-chip microcontroller; software; Control systems; Fuel cells; Hardware; Microcomputers; Microcontrollers; Power conditioning; Power system control; Power system protection; Power systems; Predictive control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1994. IECON '94., 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1328-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1994.397824

Filename

397824