Title :
UPS Fuel Cell Based: an innovative back-up system
Author :
Alessandro, F. ; Antonucci, V. ; Dusonchet, L. ; Favuzza, S. ; Ferraro, M. ; Graditi, G.
Author_Institution :
Univ. di Palermo, Palermo
Abstract :
The aim of the paper is to evaluate the technical feasibility and aspects related to the use, in an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), of fuel cells instead of traditional electrochemical batteries. The proposed system, named UPS-FCB (fuel cell based) presents a modular and versatile system configuration; particularly it is possible to integrate it with traditional UPS. Moreover the system features can be modified in terms of power, reliability, back-up time, etc., by changing the power devices. A detailed experimental analysis has been carried out on a passive stand-by UPS integrated with a FCB; experimental results can be easily extended to the other possible system architectures.
Keywords :
fuel cells; uninterruptible power supplies; UPS fuel cell; back-up system; electrochemical batteries; power devices; uninterruptible power supply; Batteries; Costs; Energy storage; Feeds; Fuel cells; Fuel storage; Hydrogen storage; Power system protection; Power system reliability; Uninterruptible power systems; Fuel Cell; UPS; back-up; hydrogen;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Electrical Power, 2007. ICCEP '07. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Capri
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0632-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0632-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEP.2007.384292
