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http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2004.18.6.230

A Study on the Effects of Inverter Ripple Currents to the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack by Using on Equivalent Impedance Model  

Choi, Woo-Jin (숭실대학교)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers / v.18, no.6, 2004 , pp. 230-237 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper the effects of inverter ripple currents to the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack (PEMFCS) is analyzed by the impedance model. The proposed method employs the frequency analysis technique to derive an equivalent impedance model of the fuel cell stack and the effects of the inverter ripple current are investigated. The calculated results m then verified by means of experiments on commercially available PEMFCSs. The experimental results show that the ripple current can contribute up to 10[%] reduction in the available output power.
Keywords
Fuel cell; Modeling; Ripple current; Frequency Response Analysis; Equivalent Impedance;
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