Distributed polymer electrolyte fuel cell generation system with load power restriction control

Author

Takeuchi, Akira ; Yamashita, Nobuhiko ; Yachi, Toshiaki

Author_Institution

NTT Telecommun. Networks Labs., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1297

Abstract

This paper presents a distributed generation system using polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) that is suitable for residential use. This system can control the charging and discharging of the batteries and can restrict the power consumed by some equipment so that the generated energy can be used more efficiently. An efficient generation scheme for meeting the demand for household power and a stable control method for restricting the load power are proposed and verified in an experimental system using simulated PEFCs

Keywords

battery chargers; control system synthesis; distribution networks; fuel cell power plants; load regulation; polymer electrolytes; power control; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; voltage control; PEFCs; battery charging; battery discharging; control design; control performance; distributed generation system; load power restriction; polymer-electrolyte fuel cells; residential use; stable control method; Batteries; Cogeneration; Control systems; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Polymers; Power generation; Solar power generation; Telecommunication control; Wind energy generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 2001. IECON '01. The 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7108-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2001.975969

Filename

975969