Efficient Power Conditioner for a Fuel Cell Stack-Ripple Current Reduction Using Multiphase Converter

Sampath Naveen Kumar; Natarajan Rajalakshmi; Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan

doi:10.4236/sgre.2013.41008

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Efficient Power Conditioner for a Fuel Cell Stack-Ripple Current Reduction Using Multiphase Converter ()

Sampath Naveen Kumar, Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan

Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, ARCI, IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, India..

DOI: 10.4236/sgre.2013.41008 PDF HTML XML 4,570 Downloads 6,660 Views Citations

Abstract

Integration of fuel cell stack with an inverter is complex in nature. A number of factors have to be taken into account in designing the inverter as well as during the integration. One of these factors is ripple current which could affect the life of the fuel cell stack if there is fuel and/or oxidant starvation. In this paper an inverter topology is investigated which significantly reduces or even nullifies the ripple content in the fuel cell system. The investigations have been carried out using indigenously developed 1 KW PEMFC stack and a 4 kW PEMFC stack with single and multi phase inverter. The results are presented here.

Keywords

Fuel Cell Stack; Ripple Current Reduction; Multiphase Inverter

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S. Kumar, N. Rajalakshmi and K. Dhathathreyan, "Efficient Power Conditioner for a Fuel Cell Stack-Ripple Current Reduction Using Multiphase Converter," Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2013, pp. 53-56. doi: 10.4236/sgre.2013.41008.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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