Adaptive Control of Fuel Cell Converter Based on a New Hamiltonian Energy Function for Stabilizing the DC Bus in DC Microgrid Applications

Phatiphat Thounthong, Pongsiri Mungporn, Serge Pierfederici, Damien Guilbert and Nicu Bizon
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Phatiphat Thounthong: Renewable Energy Research Centre (RERC), King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518, Pracharat 1 Road, Wongsawang, Bangsue, Bangkok 10800, Thailand
Pongsiri Mungporn: Renewable Energy Research Centre (RERC), King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518, Pracharat 1 Road, Wongsawang, Bangsue, Bangkok 10800, Thailand
Serge Pierfederici: Laboratoire d’Energétique et de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée (LEMTA), Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEMTA, F-54000 Nancy, France
Damien Guilbert: Groupe de Recherche en Energie Electrique de Nancy (GREEN), Université de Lorraine, GREEN, F-54000 Nancy, France
Nicu Bizon: Department of Electronics, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Computers, University of Pitesti, 1 Targul din Vale, 110040 Pitesti, Romania

Mathematics, 2020, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-25

Abstract: DC microgrid applications include electric vehicle systems, shipboard power systems, and More Electric Aircraft (MEA), which produce power at a low voltage level. Rapid developments in hydrogen fuel cell (FC) energy have extended the applications of multi-phase parallel interleaved step-up converters in stabilizing DC bus voltage. The cascade architecture of power converters in DC microgrids may lead to large oscillation and even risks of instability given that the load converters considered as loads feature constant power load (CPL) characteristics. In this article, the output DC bus voltage stabilization and the current sharing of a multi-phase parallel interleaved FC boost converter is presented. The extended Port-Hamiltonian (pH) form has been proposed with the robust controller by adding an integrator action based on the Lyapunov−Energy function, named “Adaptive Hamiltonian PI controller”. The stability and robustness of the designed controller have been estimated by using Mathematica and Matlab/Simulink environments and successfully authenticated by performing experimental results in the laboratory. The results have been obtained using a 2.5 kW prototype FC converter (by two-phase parallel interleaved boost converters) with a dSPACE MicroLabBox platform. The FC main source system is based on a fuel reformer engine that transforms fuel methanol and water into hydrogen gas H 2 to a polymer electrolyte membrane FC stack (50 V, 2.5 kW).

Keywords: constant power load (CPL); microgrid; multiphase interleaved step-up converter; fuel cell (FC); Lyapunov-energy function; proportional-integral (PI) controller; Port-Hamiltonian (pH); Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Controller (IDA-PBC) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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