Study and performances analysis of fuel cell assisted vector control variable speed drive system used for electric vehicles

This paper is a novel attempt to combine two important aspects of fuel cell (FC). First, it presents investigations on FC technology and its applications. A description of FC operating principles is followed by the comparative analysis of the present FC technologies together with the issues concerni...

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Published in:International journal of sustainable energy 2017-02, Vol.36 (2), p.167-191
Main Authors: Pachauri, Rupendra Kumar, Chauhan, Yogesh K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Automobile industry
Dynamical systems
Electric vehicles
electrical vehicles
fuel cell converter
Fuel cells
induction motor driven system
Mathematical models
Matlab
Motors
proton exchange membrane fuel cell
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
renewable energy source
Systems analysis
vector control
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Summary:This paper is a novel attempt to combine two important aspects of fuel cell (FC). First, it presents investigations on FC technology and its applications. A description of FC operating principles is followed by the comparative analysis of the present FC technologies together with the issues concerning various fuels. Second, this paper also proposes a model for the simulation and performances evaluation of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generation system. Furthermore, a MATLAB/Simulink-based dynamic model of PEMFC is developed and parameters of FC are so adjusted to emulate a commercially available PEMFC. The system results are obtained for the PEMFC-driven adjusted speed induction motor drive (ASIMD) system, normally used in electric vehicles and analysis is carried out for different operating conditions of FC and ASIMD system. The obtained results prove the validation of system concept and modelling.
ISSN:1478-6451
1478-646X
DOI:10.1080/14786451.2015.1017495