Hydrogen economy of the fuel cell hybrid power system optimized by air flow control to mitigate the effect of the uncertainty about available renewable power and load dynamics

•Fuel economy for the Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Systems is analyzed.•6 kW Fuel Cell under Static Feed-Forward strategy is the reference.•Fuel economy could increase up to 11.8 L using an optimized air flow control.•The uncertainty on load dynamic is mitigated using the Load-Following control.•Fuel econ...

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Published in:Energy conversion and management 2019-01, Vol.179, p.152-165
Main Authors: Bizon, Nicu, Lopez-Guede, Jose Manuel, Kurt, Erol, Thounthong, Phatiphat, Mazare, Alin Gheorghita, Ionescu, Laurentiu Mihai, Iana, Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air flow
Air flow control
Alternative energy
Case studies
Data buses
Energy
Energy management
Flow control
Flow rates
Flow velocity
Fuel cells
Fuel economy
Fuel technology
Global Extremum Seeking
Hybrid systems
Hydrogen
Hydrogen economy
Hydrogen-based energy
Load Following
Loads (forces)
Optimization
Power consumption
Power flow
Power variability mitigation
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Renewable energy
Strategy
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Summary:•Fuel economy for the Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Systems is analyzed.•6 kW Fuel Cell under Static Feed-Forward strategy is the reference.•Fuel economy could increase up to 11.8 L using an optimized air flow control.•The uncertainty on load dynamic is mitigated using the Load-Following control.•Fuel economy is obtained in the entire range of load and available renewable power. A new Energy Management Strategy to reduce the hydrogen consumption is proposed for Hybrid Power Systems based on Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell system used as backup source. The Energy Management Strategy uses a Load Following control loop of requested load demand on DC bus and an optimization control loop to improve the fuel economy based on the Global Extremum Seeking algorithm applied to the air flow rate. The performance of proposed strategy is compared to the one obtained with the Static Feed-Forward strategy considering three case studies for the optimization function used in different scenarios for power flow on DC bus (variable or constant load demand, without or with variable renewable energy power).
ISSN:0196-8904
1879-2227
DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2018.10.058