Model predictive control of a fuel cell-based power unit

Autor: Asal Zabetian-Hosseini, Younes Sangsefidi, Ali Mehrizi-Sani
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: IECON
DOI: 10.1109/iecon.2017.8216856
Popis: Fuel cell is an attractive alternative to generate clean electricity for many industrial applications. This paper discusses model predictive control (MPC) of a fuel cell-based power unit (FC-PU) for vehicular applications. The MPC improves the transient response of the FC-PU. In this FC-PU, a unidirectional converter controls the current of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell, and a bidirectional converter controls the output DC link voltage by regulating the battery current. The proposed MPC structure in the continuous control set (CCS) scheme has a fixed switching frequency and employs two different sampling frequencies to provide MPC for both inner and outer control loops. This controller provides a fast response to the changes in the reference values of the control variables or system transients such as load transients. It is also robust against parameter mismatch. Simulation results validate the proposed controller via several simulation case studies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE