Title :
Investigating the performance of Fuel Cell based Distributed Generation systems under unbalanced loading
Author :
Ghareeb, W.T. ; El-Saadany, Ehab F.
Abstract :
this paper presents the study and simulation of two Fuel Cell based Distributed Generation (FCDG) systems. Each of these systems consists of a validated PEM fuel cell model, a DC-DC Boost converter circuit and a 3-phase SPWM inverter circuit. The main difference between the two FCDG systems exists in the DC-DC converter circuit; the first circuit is a DC-DC Boost converter with a 1-phase 3-winding high frequency transformer and the second circuit is the conventional DC-DC Boost converter. The two FCDG systems have been studied under balanced and unbalanced load connection and disconnection. The simulation analysis has been done using MATLAB/SIMULINK platform.
Keywords :
DC-DC power convertors; PWM power convertors; distributed power generation; power transformers; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; 1-phase 3-winding high frequency transformer; 3-phase SPWM inverter circuit; FCDG systems; MATLAB-SIMULINK platform; PEM fuel cell model; balanced load connection; balanced load disconnection; dc-dc boost converter circuit; fuel cell based distributed generation systems; simulation analysis; unbalanced load connection; unbalanced load disconnection; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Integrated circuit modeling; Inverters; Load modeling; Loading; Topology; DC-DC Boost converter; DC/AC inverter; Fuel Cell based Distributed Generation (FCDG); PEM fuel cell; PI controller;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672281
