High Power Quality System with Fuel Cell Distributed Generation - Simulation and Tests

Author

Lima, Ricardo J Sousa ; De Almeida, Anibal T. ; Mendes, AndréM S. ; Cardoso, A. J Marques

Author_Institution

Univ. of Coimbra, Coimbra

fYear

2007

fDate

4-7 June 2007

Firstpage

2697

Lastpage

2702

Abstract

In this paper, the power quality (PQ) requirements for demanding loads are presented. The economic impacts associated with PQ are characterized. Conventional solutions using lead acid batteries and diesel engines are facing increasing opposition due to environmental concerns. Clean distributed generation is presented as potentially interesting option to provide high levels of power supply reliability. A proton exchange membrane fuel cell is being used to build an uninterruptible power system. The main objective of this work is to analyze the output power of the fuel cell generation system based on some power quality parameters such as THD and power factor, among others. Simulation and experimental results of the fuel cell DC/AC power converter operation are presented.

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; diesel engines; distributed power generation; environmental factors; lead acid batteries; power supply quality; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; uninterruptible power supplies; DC-AC power converter operation; diesel engines; fuel cell distributed generation; fuel cell generation system; high power quality system; lead acid batteries; power quality requirements; power supply reliability; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; uninterruptible power system; Batteries; Distributed control; Environmental economics; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power quality; Power system economics; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2007. ISIE 2007. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vigo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0754-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0755-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2007.4375034

Filename

4375034