| publication name | Investigating the Performance of a Fuel Cell Based Distributed Generation System |
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| Authors | W. T. Ghareeb; F. M. Bendary; E. M. Saied; Y. G. Hegazy |
| year | 2011 |
| keywords | PEM Fuel Cell (PEMFC); Fuel Cell based Distributed Generation (FCDG); PI controller; different loading conditions |
| journal | Energy Conference and Exhibition (EnergyCon), 2010 IEEE International |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | IEEE |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5771726/ |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
This paper presents the design and simulation study of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell based distributed generation system. The topology chosen for the simulation consists of fuel cell power plant model, pulse width-modulation DC/DC boost converter and sinusoidal pulse width-modulation two-level inverter followed by an LC filter. Advanced control strategy is used for the overall system; its main objective is to regulate the output voltage from the DC/DC converter and to adjust the output voltage from the DC/AC inverter at different loading conditions. Simulation analysis was done using MATLAB/SIMULINK platform. Simulation results are given to show the overall system performance under heavy loading conditions, sudden increase in load and under unbalanced loading condition.