Simple model and experimental identification of a fuel-cell-based power supply oriented to system-level analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1868-1878

  Fernández, Cristina ^a   Zumel, Pablo ^a   Valdivia, Virgilio ^a   Fernández Herrero, Angel ^b   Sanz, Marina ^a   Lázaro, Antonio ^a   Barrado, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

DC DC power converters; fuel cell; power system modeling; system identification

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; FUEL CELLS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

COMMERCIAL FUEL CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL IDENTIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENTS; POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS; POWER SYSTEM MODEL; SYSTEM-LEVEL ANALYSIS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 80051706191     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2093538     Document Type: Article

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