Implementation of PI-Controlled Converter and Monitoring of Fuel Cell on an IoT—Cloud Platform

Autor: Jayarama Pradeep, M. Vigneshpoopathy, C. Sethusubramanian, V. Chamundeeswari
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Springer Proceedings in Energy ISBN: 9789811606687
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0669-4_17
Popis: The need for renewable energy sources has increased substantially in recent years and with the technological advancements that are taking place in fuel cell technology, fuel cells may find its use in majority of the application. The advantage of using fuel cells is that it involves only electrochemical reactions to convert chemical energy to electrical energy. The work proposed here can be used for regulation of output from the fuel cell to maintain a constant output voltage since fuel cell's output is subject to variations due to the change in fuel cell parameters. A boost converter is implemented which boosts the output voltage from the fuel cell. When any variations in converter output voltage are detected, the duty cycle of the converter is changed with the help of a proportional integral (PI) controller thus bringing back the output voltage to the optimum value. The converter maintains a output voltage of 100 V which can be used in 100 V DC drives. This work projects the concept of design and implementation of fuel cell-based DC-DC converter and the implementation of Internet of things (IoT) for remote monitoring of the fuel cell parameters. The proposed work can be used majorly in automobile applications since speed control of DC motor requires a constant supply and can also be used in industrial applications involving DC drives in remote locations. Simulation of proposed circuit is executed in MATLAB/Simulink.
Databáze: OpenAIRE