Efficient fuel economy strategies for the Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Systems under variable renewable/load power profile

Nicu Bizon

Applied Energy, 2019, vol. 251, issue C, -

Abstract: The adaptive energy management strategies proposed in this paper are based on a 2-dimensional (2D) optimization function designed for fuel economy of the fuel cell hybrid power system operating under the variable power profiles of renewable energy sources and loads, which will define the dynamic power profile on the DC bus. The power-following control is designed to mitigate the variability of the DC power based on the DC power flow balance, so the energy management unit generates the power-following reference and two other references for searching the optimum, which are used to control the inputs for the boost power converter and for the air and fuel regulators. All three energy management 2D strategies obtained by selecting the mentioned references to the controlled inputs of the fuel cell system are analyzed and compared with the types 1D and other reference strategies reported in literature using the fuel economy as a performance indicator. For example, the fuel economy for a 6 kW load cycle is of 42 and 18 L for the strategies 2D-RTO1 and 2D-RTO2 compared to the benchmark strategy based on static feed-forward control.

Keywords: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell; Hydrogen economy; Fueling flows control; Power following control; Adaptive energy management strategies; Renewable power variability mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113400

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