An analysis of PEMFC & photovoltaic 500W hybrid system

Author

Choi, Hong-Jun ; Park, Se-Joon ; Choi, Jeong-Sik ; Cha, In-Su ; Yoon, Jeong-Phil ; Suh, Jang-Soo ; Gun, Sung-do

Author_Institution

Dept. of Hydrogen & Fuel Cell, Dongshin Univ., Jeon-nam

fYear

2007

Firstpage

522

Lastpage

524

Abstract

Renewable energy sources (solar, wind, etc) are attracting more attention as alternative energy sources to conventional fossil fuel energy sources. Hydrogen energy and photovoltaic is friendly to the environment. In this paper a 500 W PV-fuel cell hybrid generation system is designed. An electrolyzed coupled to the PV array is employed for hydrogen production. Maximum power tracking for PV array is achieved using fuzzy regression. A controller is designed to ensure continuous constant power generation through the day and after sunset via the PV and fuel cell stack. The system is simulated using LabVIEW software. The system characteristics obtained from simulation are analyzed.

Keywords

hybrid power systems; hydrogen production; photovoltaic power systems; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; LabVlEW software; PEMFC; PV array; alternative energy sources; hydrogen production; maximum power tracking; photovoltaic-fuel cell hybrid generation system; power 500 W; power generation; renewable energy sources; Fossil fuels; Fuel cells; Hybrid power systems; Hydrogen; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Hybrid system; LabVIEW; PEMFC.; Photovoltaic system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, 2007. ICPE '07. 7th Internatonal Conference on

Conference_Location

Daegu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1871-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1872-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPE.2007.4692442

Filename

4692442