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Fuel Cell System

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Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems

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In this chapter, the fuel cell and fuel cell system basics and their associated power electronic converter topologies will be introduced. The first part focuses on the introduction of different fuel cell technologies. The fuel cell characteristic polarization curve and dynamic behavior will be discussed in general. Two control-oriented, ready-to-use models for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) will be presented with detailed equations. The second part focuses on the introduction of different power converter topologies for fuel cell use. The power electronic particularity for a fuel cell system will be introduced. A state-of-art of different converter topologies and their highlights and drawbacks for a fuel cell system will be presented and discussed.

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  1. Institute for Transportation Research, Energy and Society, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbeliard, 90000, Belfort, France

    Fei Gao, Mohammad Kabalo, Benjamin Blunier & Abdellatif Miraoui

  2. Research Laboratory, dtw sp. zo.o, Zabierzow, Poland

    Marek S. Rylko

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Gao, F., Kabalo, M., Rylko, M.S., Blunier, B., Miraoui, A. (2013). Fuel Cell System. In: Chakraborty, S., Simões, M., Kramer, W. (eds) Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5104-3_6

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