A single-stage fuel cell energy system based on a buck-boost inverter with a backup energy storage unit

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2825-2834

  Jang, Minsoo ^a   Ciobotaru, Mihai ^a   Agelidis, Vassilios G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buck boost inverter; fuel cell; fuel cell power conditioning system

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; BOOST INVERTERS; BUCK BOOST INVERTER; BUILDING BLOCKES; CURRENT MODE; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ENERGY STORAGE UNIT; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FUEL CELL POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INVERSION FUNCTION; LOW-FREQUENCY CURRENTS; LOW-VOLTAGE; POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; POWER STAGE; SINGLE STAGE; SLOW DYNAMICS; VOLTAGE MODE;

ACTIVE FILTERS; ENERGY STORAGE;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84859011930     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2177995     Document Type: Article

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