Dynamic modeling, design and simulation of a combined PEM fuel cell and ultra-capacitor system for stand-alone residential applications

Author

Uzunoglu, M. ; Alam, M.S.

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

1676

Lastpage

1676

Abstract

The available power generated from a fuel cell (FC) power plant may not be sufficient to meet sustained load demands, especially during peak demand or transient events encountered in stationary power plant applications. An ultracapacitor (UC) bank can supply a large burst of power, but it can not store significant amount of energy. The combined use of FC and UC has the potential for better energy efficiency, reducing the cost of FC technology, and improved fuel usage. In this paper, we present a FC which operates in parallel with an UC bank. A new dynamic model and design methodology for a FC and UC based energy source for stand-alone residential applications has been developed. Simulation results are presented using MATLABreg, Simulinkreg and SimPowerSystemsreg environment based on the mathematical and dynamic electrical models developed for the proposed system

Keywords

capacitor storage; energy conservation; fuel cell power plants; power system simulation; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; FC; MATLAB; PEM fuel cell power system; SimPowerSystems; Simulink; UC; design methodology; dynamic electrical model; energy efficiency; energy source; fuel usage; load demands; mathematical model; stand-alone residential application; ultracapacitor bank; Computer languages; Costs; Design methodology; Energy efficiency; Fuel cells; Mathematical model; Potential energy; Power generation; Power system modeling; Supercapacitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2006. PSCE '06. 2006 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0177-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0178-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2006.296164

Filename

4075990