On tracking robustness in adaptive extremum seeking control of the fuel cell power plants

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3115-3130

  Bizon, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Adaptive extremum seeking; Current ripple; Fuel cell; Maximum power point (MPP) tracking; Robustness

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CONTROL THEORY; FUEL CELLS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; ROBUST CONTROL; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE EXTREMUM SEEKING CONTROL; CURRENT RIPPLES; EXTREMUM SEEKING; EXTREMUM SEEKING CONTROL; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; OPTIMAL UTILIZATION; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH;

FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS;

FUEL CELL; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT;

EID: 77955675053     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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