Sliding mode control design of current fed full bridge DC to DC converter for fuel cell applications

Author

Na, Woonki ; Lee, Hoon

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Bradley Univ., Peoria, IL, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

25-26 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Since a fuel cell system has a low voltage output, it requires a boost DC/DC converter for the most of vehicle and stationary power applications. In this paper, a robust sliding mode controller for the current fed full bridge DC/DC converter for PEM fuel cell systems is presented. The details of the sliding mode controller for the converter are derived and designed with a dynamic PEMFC model. The proposed sliding mode controller for converter with the PEMFC model is tested through Matlab/Simulink simulation. The results show the robust dynamics of the sliding mode controller with respect to load changes and the fuel cell voltage variation.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; control system synthesis; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; variable structure systems; Matlab-Simulink simulation; PEM fuel cell system; PEMFC model; current fed full bridge DC-DC converter; fuel cell application; fuel cell voltage variation; sliding mode control design; stationary power application; Bridge circuits; Converters; Fuel cells; Inductors; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Voltage control; PEM fuel cell and Current Fed Full Bridge Boost Converter; Sliding Mode Control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8051-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8050-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PECI.2011.5740491

Filename

5740491