N. A. Zambri and A. Mohamed and H. Shareef and M. Z. C. Wanik
Design of a Hybrid Fuel Cell with Battery Energy Storage for StandAlone Distributed Generation Applications
744 - 749
2013
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International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13133
https://publications.waset.org/vol/78
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
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 standalone distributed generation (DG) system. The simulation model consists of fuel cell DG, leadacid battery, maximum power point tracking and power conditioning unit which is modeled in the MATLABSimulink 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 loadtracking 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.
Open Science Index 78, 2013