Influence of the current ripple on the hydrogen fuel cell powered inverter system efficiency

2009 13th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Purvins, Arturs ^a   Krievs, Oskars ^a   Steiks, Ingars ^a   Ribickis, Leonids ^a  

^a RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Fuel cell system; Voltage Source Converter (VSC)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RIPPLES; DC VOLTAGE; FUEL CELL STACK; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH VOLTAGE; INVERTER SYSTEM; OUTPUT CURRENT; PHASE VOLTAGE; PWM INVERTER; STEP-UP CONVERTER; VARIABLE VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE-FED;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; DC GENERATORS; FUEL SYSTEMS; HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSFORMERS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 72949120608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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