A novel isolated DC/DC converter for fuel cell powered load

Author

Fathi, A.H. ; Hoseinnia, S. ; Roshandel, R.

Author_Institution

Sharif Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Fuel Cell (FC) is one of the promising distributed generation resources which are based on renewable energies. Clean electricity generation, high efficiency and high energy density of the fuel cells make them attractive for lots of engineers. In this paper we discuss about the operational principles of fuel cell generally. Then, a circuit model of them will be introduced. Based on the model, we designed a novel DC/DC converter for supplying the fuel cell´s load and simulated the design with using Matlab. The results say that its novel converter could conveniently supply the load and its needed power curve.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; distributed power generation; fuel cell power plants; Matlab; clean electricity generation; distributed generation resources; fuel cell powered load; isolated DC-DC converter; renewable energies; DC-DC power converters; Distributed control; Energy consumption; Fuel cells; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Solar power generation; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Converters; Fuel Cells; Modeling; Power Electronics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Power & Energy Conference (EPEC), 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4508-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4509-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEC.2009.5420987

Filename

5420987