Title :
An advanced fuel cell simulator
Author :
Acharya, Prabha ; Enjeti, Prasad ; Pitel, Ira J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Power Electron. & Fuel Cell Power Syst. Lab., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Fuel cells are an emerging technology in the field of power generation. Fuel cell simulators would greatly aid in providing a convenient and economic alternative for testing various subsystems such as converters and inverters. This paper proposes a low-cost, easy-to-use fuel cell simulator to reproduce the electrical characteristics of a 5 kW solid oxide fuel cell. The simulator provides an advanced test bench for development and testing of power conditioning equipment.
Keywords :
invertors; power convertors; power engineering computing; solid oxide fuel cells; electrical characteristics; fuel cell simulator; inverters; power conditioning equipment; power converters; power generation; solid oxide fuel cell; Electric variables; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Inverters; Power conditioning; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Solid modeling; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2004. APEC '04. Nineteenth Annual IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8269-2
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2004.1296071
