A minimum power-processing-stage fuel-cell energy system based on a boost-inverter with a bidirectional backup battery storage

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1568-1577

  Jang, Minsoo ^a,b   Agelidis, Vassilios G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boost inverter; fuel cell; fuel cell power conditioning system; renewable energy

Indexed keywords

AC POWER; BACK-UP BATTERIES; BIDIRECTIONAL CONVERTERS; BOOST-INVERTER; CURRENT MODE; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FUEL CELL POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INVERSION FUNCTION; LOAD CHANGE; LOW-FREQUENCY CURRENTS; LOW-VOLTAGE; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SINGLE STAGE; TWO STAGE; VOLTAGE MODE;

ACTIVE FILTERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84855180274     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2086490     Document Type: Article

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