Title :
Control design and testing of a novel fuel-cell-powered battery-charging station
Author :
Jiang, Zhenhua ; Dougal, Roger A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel system design for a fuel-cell-powered battery-charging station. This battery charging station allows multiple batteries to be charged simultaneously. Three baseline static charging algorithms are proposed to coordinate the power distribution among the battery branches. The control strategies include equal rate charging, proportional rate charging and pulse current charging. These charging algorithms are then realized in MATLAB/Simulink, and the current and voltage regulations are implemented using the classical proportional-integral approach. The system simulation is conducted in VTB by embedding Simulink objects and cosimulating with MATLAB. The experimental tests are performed by compiling Simulink codes and downloading onto the dSPACE platform. The simulation and experimental results are also given.
Keywords :
PI control; battery chargers; electric current control; fuel cells; voltage control; MATLAB; Simulink; VTB; battery branch; classical proportional-integral approach; control design; current regulation; dSPACE platform; embedding Simulink objects; equal rate charging; fuel-cell powered battery-charging station; multiple batteries; power distribution; proportional rate charging; pulse current charging; simulink codes compiling; static charging algorithms; system simulation; voltage regulation; Algorithm design and analysis; Batteries; Buck converters; Control design; Fuel cells; Lithium; MATLAB; Power distribution; Proportional control; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2003. APEC '03. Eighteenth Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7768-0
DOI :
10.1109/APEC.2003.1179358
