Waveform Control of Fuel-cell Inverter Systems

Guo-Rong Zhu; Siew-Chong Tan; Ke-Wei Wang; Chi K. Tse

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342215

Waveform Control of Fuel-cell Inverter Systems

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Abstract

Fuel-cell power systems comprising single-phase DC/AC inverters draw low-frequency AC ripple currents at twice the output frequency from the fuel cell. Such a 100/120 Hz ripple current may create instability in the fuel cell system, lowers its efficiency, and shortens the lifetime of fuel cell stack. This paper¹ presents a waveform control method that can mitigate such a low-frequency ripple current from being drawn from the fuel cell while the fuel-cell system delivers AC power to the load through a differential inverter. Theoretical analysis, simulation, and experimental results are provided to explain the operation and showcase the performance of the approach. Results validate that the proposed solution can achieve significant mitigation of the current ripple as well as high quality output voltage without the need for extra hardware. © 2012 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
Pages	4457-4463
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467308014, 9781467308038
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342215
Publication status	Published - Sept 2012
Event	4th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2012) - Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, United States Duration: 15 Sept 2012 → 20 Sept 2012

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Name	IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE
ISSN (Print)	2329-3721
ISSN (Electronic)	2329-3748

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Conference	4th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2012)
Place	United States
City	Raleigh
Period	15/09/12 → 20/09/12

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active method
decouple
Fuel cell
low-frequency current ripple
pulsation power
waveform control

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Zhu, G-R, Tan, S-C , Wang, K-W & Tse, CK 2012, Waveform Control of Fuel-cell Inverter Systems. in 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)., 6342215, IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE, pp. 4457-4463, 4th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2012), Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 15/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342215

Waveform Control of Fuel-cell Inverter Systems. / Zhu, Guo-Rong; Tan, Siew-Chong ; Wang, Ke-Wei et al.
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