Design of Current Source DC/DC Converter and Inverter for 2kW Fuel Cell Application

9th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics & Drives (SDEMPED 2013) 2013
Aleksandrs Andreičiks, Ingars Steiks, Oskars Krievs, Frede Blaabjerg

In order to use hydrogen fuel cell in domestic applications either as main power supply or backup power source, the low DC output voltage of the fuel cell has to be matched to the voltage level and frequency of the utility grid AC voltage. The interfacing power converter systems usually consist of a DC/DC converter and an inverter. In this paper a detailed simulation study of such interfacing converter system comprising a double inductor push-pull step-up DC/DC converter and a cascaded H-bridge inverter has been carried out and further confirmed with experimental results. The power converter system is designed for interfacing a 2kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell.

Keywords
DC/DC converter, H-bridge inverter, Fuel cell system, High frequency power converters
DOI
10.1109/DEMPED.2013.6645752
Hyperlink
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6645752

Andreičiks, A., Steiks, I., Krievs, O., Blaabjerg, F. Design of Current Source DC/DC Converter and Inverter for 2kW Fuel Cell Application. In: 9th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics & Drives (SDEMPED 2013), Spain, Valencia, 27-30 August, 2013. Piscataway: IEEE, 2013, pp.433-438. ISBN 978-1-4799-0023-7. Available from: doi:10.1109/DEMPED.2013.6645752

Publication language
English (en)