Comparative study of three types of step – up DC - DC converters for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications

Author

Tsotoulidis, S. ; Mitronikas, E. ; Safacas, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 June 2010

Firstpage

1302

Lastpage

1307

Abstract

In this work, the suitability of three dc-dc converters for application in a PEM fuel cell system is examined. Investigation of boost converter, interleaved boost converter and interleaved boost converter with switch capacitors takes place. The efficiency of each converter at different load values is compared and the harmonic content that each of them produces is examined. Two different scenarios are presented. In the first one the system was designed to generate a converter output voltage of 50 V and in the second the output voltage is 100 V.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; switched capacitor networks; PEM fuel cell system; interleaved boost converter; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications; step-up DC-DC converters; switch capacitors; voltage 100 V; voltage 50 V; Biomembranes; Capacitors; DC-DC power converters; Electrodes; Energy conversion; Fuel cells; Polymers; Switches; Switching converters; Voltage; PEM fuel cells; boost converter; interleaved boost converter; switched capacitors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4986-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7919-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542080

Filename

5542080