Adaptive control of a solid oxide fuel cell ultra-capacitor hybrid system

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 372-383

  Das, Tuhin ^a   Snyder, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; fuel utilization; hybrid energy; robust control; solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC); transient; ultra capacitor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ADAPTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROL DESIGN; CONTROL OBJECTIVES; CURRENT REGULATIONS; ENERGY SHARINGS; FUEL UTILIZATION; HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; HYBRID ENERGY; LOAD FOLLOWING; LOAD-FOLLOWING CAPABILITIES; ON-LINE PARAMETER ESTIMATIONS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS); STATE OF CHARGE; SYSTEM STRATEGIES; ULTRACAPACITORS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; CAPACITORS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBUST CONTROL; TRANSIENTS;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 84874605238     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2011.2181514     Document Type: Article

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