Coordinated Control of a Wind-Methanol-Fuel Cell System with Hydrogen Storage

Tiejiang Yuan, Qingxi Duan, Xiangping Chen, Xufeng Yuan, Wenping Cao, Juan Hu and Quanmin Zhu
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Tiejiang Yuan: Electrical Engineering School, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Qingxi Duan: Electrical Engineering School, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Xiangping Chen: Electrical Engineering School, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Xufeng Yuan: Electrical Engineering School, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Wenping Cao: School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
Juan Hu: China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing 102249, China
Quanmin Zhu: Department of Engineering, Design and Mathematics, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-21

Abstract: This paper presents a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage. It can manage various energy flow to provide stable wind power supply, produce constant methanol, and reduce CO 2 emissions. Firstly, this study establishes the theoretical basis and formulation algorithms. And then, computational experiments are developed with MATLAB/Simulink (R2016a, MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA). Real data are used to fit the developed models in the study. From the test results, the developed system can generate maximum electricity whilst maintaining a stable production of methanol with the aid of a hybrid energy storage system (HESS). A sophisticated control scheme is also developed to coordinate these actions to achieve satisfactory system performance.

Keywords: coordinated control; energy storage; fuel cell; hydrogen; methanol production; wind power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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