Title :
Comparative study between P&O and incremental conductance for fuel cell MPPT
Author :
Karami, Nabil ; El Khoury, Lama ; Khoury, Gabriel ; Moubayed, Nazih
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Lebanese Univ., Tripoli, Lebanon
Abstract :
Energy storage plays an important role in renewable energy systems, for moments where the source is absent. The Fuel Cell (FC) is one of these technologies. In this paper, power optimization methods are applied on these cells using Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) systems. The Perturb and Observe (P&O) and the Incremental Conductance (IC) methods are simulated and compared in order to identify which one is better for FC system application.
Keywords :
electric admittance; energy storage; fuel cells; maximum power point trackers; observers; FC system application; Perturb and Observe method; energy storage; fuel cell MPPT; incremental conductance method; maximum power point tracking; power optimization methods; renewable energy systems; Fuel cells; Fuels; Hydrogen; Integrated circuits; Maximum power point trackers; Pulse width modulation; Renewable energy sources;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energies for Developing Countries (REDEC), 2014 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/REDEC.2014.7038524
