Title :
A fuel cell based domestic uninterruptible power supply
Author :
Santi, E. ; Franzoni, D. ; Monti, A. ; Patterson, D. ; Ponci, F. ; Barry, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
The design process for a fuel-cell-based inverter system for domestic use is discussed. The peculiar characteristics of the fuel cell stack energy source require the use of a battery for buffering. The fuel cell characteristics and the battery requirements for this application are discussed. A large number of different possible solutions are examined. The proposed solution uses an active filter and a battery to compensate for the slow dynamics of the fuel cell
Keywords :
DC-AC power convertors; fuel cell power plants; fuel cells; invertors; uninterruptible power supplies; UPS; battery requirements; design process; fuel cell stack energy source characteristics; fuel cell-based domestic uninterruptible power supply; fuel-cell-based inverter system; slow dynamics compensation; Active filters; Batteries; Costs; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Inverters; Power generation; Topology; Uninterruptible power systems; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2002. APEC 2002. Seventeenth Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7404-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2002.989306
