Development and Implementation of a Supervisor Strategy and Sliding Mode Control Setup for Fuel-Cell-Based Hybrid Generation Systems

This paper presents the development and experimental results of a supervisor strategy and a sliding mode control setup to improve the performance of hybrid generation systems. The topology in this study is conformed by a core comprising a fuel cell module and a supercapacitor module, in combination...

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Published inIEEE transactions on energy conversion Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 218 - 225
Main Authors More, Jeronimo J., Puleston, Paul F., Kunusch, Cristian, Fantova, Miguel Allue
Format Journal Article Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.03.2015
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
Automàtica i control
Classificació INSPEC
control theory
Direct current
Fuel cells
Hybrid power systems
Hybrid systems
Hydrogen
Informàtica
Modules
Power demand
Sliding mode control
Strategy
Supercapacitors
supervisor control
Supervisors
Voltage control
wind power generation
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC
supervisor control
wind power generation
hybrid systems
sliding mode control
supercapacitors
Fuel cells
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Summary:This paper presents the development and experimental results of a supervisor strategy and a sliding mode control setup to improve the performance of hybrid generation systems. The topology in this study is conformed by a core comprising a fuel cell module and a supercapacitor module, in combination with an alternative energy source module and an electrolyzer. In particular, a wind power turbine is considered as alternative power source to attain a hybrid generation system fully relying on renewable energy. First, a supervisor strategy is proposed to manage the power flows of the subsystems and coordinate the system as a whole. Subsequently, a sliding mode control setup for combined operation of the dc/dc power converters of the fuel cell/supercapacitor core is presented to track the power references synthesized by the supervisor control. Both control levels, supervisor strategy and sliding mode controllers, are implemented and assessed through extensive experimental tests under different wind conditions and heavy-load changes.
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ISSN:0885-8969
1558-0059
DOI:10.1109/TEC.2014.2354553