Efficient and robust power management of reduced cost distributed power electronics for fuel-cell power system

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 0110181-01101811

  Mazumder, Sudip K ^a,b   Pradhan, Sanjaya ^c  

^a University of Illinois   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PHILIPS LIGHTING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Battery; Control; Dc dc converter; Efficiency; Fuel cell; PEM; Power electronics; Power management; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE POWER; BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS; BATTERY POWER; CONVERTER MODULES; DC-DC BOOST CONVERTERS; DISTRIBUTED POWER; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY INPUTS; FUEL CELL STACK; HYBRID POWER SYSTEMS; LOAD DEMAND; LOAD TRANSIENTS; LYAPUNOV; MULTIMODULE; OPTIMAL ENERGY; OPTIMAL NUMBER; PEM; POWER MANAGEMENTS; POWER-ELECTRONICS SUBSYSTEMS; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; REDUCED COST; STEADY STATE; TRANSFER SWITCHES; VARYING LOAD;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COST REDUCTION; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SYSTEM STABILITY;

CELLS;

EID: 77955296694     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3119059     Document Type: Article

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