TY - JFULL AU - N. A. Zambri and A. Mohamed and H. Shareef and M. Z. C. Wanik PY - 2013/7/ TI - Design of a Hybrid Fuel Cell with Battery Energy Storage for Stand-Alone Distributed Generation Applications T2 - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering SP - 743 EP - 749 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13133 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 78, 2013 N2 - This paper presents the modeling and simulation of a hybrid proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with an energy storage system for use in a stand-alone distributed generation (DG) system. The simulation model consists of fuel cell DG, lead-acid battery, maximum power point tracking and power conditioning unit which is modeled in the MATLAB/Simulink platform. Poor loadfollowing characteristics and slow response to rapid load changes are some of the weaknesses of PEMFC because of the gas processing reaction and the fuel cell dynamics. To address the load-tracking issues in PEMFC, a hybrid PEMFC and battery storage system is considered and modelled. The model utilizes PEMFC as the main energy source whereas the battery functions as energy storage to compensate for the limitations of PEMFC.Simulation results are given to show the overall system performance under light and heavyloading conditions. ER -