Title :
Fuel cell connected to grid through inverter
Author :
Bhuyan, Kanhu Charan ; Sao, Sumit Kumar ; Mahapatra, KamalaKanta
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Rourkela, India
Abstract :
Fuel cell systems are enhancing due to interest to supply electricity in remote areas as well as distributed power generation especially during the peak loads. Fuel cell generation becomes popular due to cleanliness, portability and suitability for electricity and heat generation. This paper presents the modeling of a fuel cell power plant (FCPP) in terms of fuel cell, dc-dc converter, dc-ac inverter and power system parameters, to interface with loads or grid. The control strategy of this model is hysteresis current controller (HCC). HCC is used to generate inverter switch pulse for the ac grid voltage. MATLAB/SIMULINK is used to validate the modeling and simulation of fuel cell generation and power conditioning unit. The proposed control strategy makes the distribution generation system work properly when the voltage disturbance occurs in the distribution system.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; electricity supply industry; fuel cells; invertors; distributed power generation; electricity supply; fuel cell power plant; fuel cell systems; grid through inverter; hysteresis current controller; Electrodes; Fuel cells; Fuels; Inverters; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Voltage control; FCPP; Fuel cell(FC); HCC and Distribution System;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering and Systems (SCES), 2012 Students Conference on
Conference_Location :
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0456-6
DOI :
10.1109/SCES.2012.6199107
