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Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell/Oxy-fuel Combustion Power Generation System Using Oxygen Separation Technology (산소분리기술을 사용한 연료전지/순산소연소 발전시스템 해석)

  • Park, Sung-Ku;Kim, Tong-Seop;Sohn, Jeong-Lak;Lee, Young-Duk
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.51-54
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    • 2008
  • This study aims to devise and analyze a power generation system combining the solid oxide fuel cell and oxy-fuel combustion technology. The fuel cell operates at an elevated pressure, a constituting a SOFC/gas turbine hybrid system. Oxygen is extracted from the high pressure cathode exit gas using ion transport membrane technology and supplied to the oxy-fuel power system. The entire system generates much more power than the fuel cell only system due to increased fuel cell voltage and power addition from oxy-fuel system. More than one third of the power comes out of the oxy-fuel system. The system efficiency is also higher than that of the fuel cell only system. Recovering most of the generated carbon dioxide is major advantage of the system.

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Hybrid System of Solar Cell and Fuel Cell (태양광발전과 연료전지의 하이브리드 시스템)

  • Hwang, Jun-Won;Choi, Young-Sung;Lee, Kyung-Sup
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.568-573
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    • 2009
  • Because of environmental crisis, researchers are seeking and developing a new, clean, safe and renewable energy. Solar cell energy and fuel cell energy have inestimable development potential. The paper introduces hybrid photovoltaic-fuel cell generation systems supplying a remote power load and hybrid system of solar cell and fuel cell considering the advantages of stable and sustainable energy from the economic point of view. Fuel cell power system has been proven a viable technology to back up severe PV power fluctuations under inclement weather conditions. Fuel cell power generation, containing small land us, is able to alleviate the heavy burden for large surface requirement of PV power plants. In addition, the PV-fuel cell hybrid power system shows a very little potential for lifetime $CO_2$ emissions. In this paper shows the I-V characteristics of the solar module which are dependent on the power of the halogen lamp and the I-V characteristics of fuel cells which are connected in parallel. Also, it shows efficiency of the hybrid system.

Power System of Fuel Cell Tram (연료전지궤도차량의 동력시스템)

  • Chang, Seky;Mok, Jai-Kyun;Lim, Tae-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.320-325
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    • 2005
  • Power of fuel cell tram is supplied by only fuel cell system or hybrid system of fuel cell and battery/super capacity. Fuel cell is operated by hydrogen, which is fed directly from hydrogen tank or by reforming gasoline or methanol into hydrogen. Power system is preferred with hybrid of fuel cell and battery/super capacity since it improves total energy efficiency through interaction of hybrid components and restores energy regenerated by braking. Also, power supply system by fuel cell hybrid should be designed to output optimum energy efficiency depending on driving mode of fuel cell tram.

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DC/DC Converter Design for 7kW Fuel Cell (7kW 연료전지용 DC/DC 컨버터 설계)

  • Kim, Ga-In;Shin, Min-Ho;Lee, Jung-Hyo
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.150-156
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    • 2022
  • This study proposes a design method of fuel cell DC/DC converter using in 5-ton forklift. For efficient hydrogen usage, targeted fuel cell system recirculates discarded hydrogen after fuel cell reaction. Recirculating hydrogen contains much impurities that reduces output power, increasing pressure that can damage the internal fuel cell reaction system. The proposed DC/DC converter effectively converts fuel cell power considering the voltage drop rate to reflect the recirculating hydrogen. Then, frequency control method is used to regulate the current ripple amount for battery and fuel cell hybrid configuration. Proposed power converter system design and control methods are verified in a practical fuel cell system that implements recirculating hydrogen.

An Assessment on Harmonics Effect in Customer and the Distributed Power System during Grid Connection of Residential Fuel Cell System (가정용 연료전지 시스템의 계통연계 시 수용가 및 배전계통에서의 고조파 영향 평가)

  • Park, Chan-Eom;Jung, Jin-Soo;Han, Woon-Ki
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.6
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    • pp.1280-1285
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    • 2011
  • Recently, due to the use of fossil fuels for electric power production, carbon emissions increased excessively. Thereby, in order to replace fossil fuels, many studies about fossil fuels such as solar and fuel cell energy source are progressing. Fuel cell system has high energy conversion efficiency. Also, fuel cell system is environmentally friendly system because the carbon emission is almost not occur. Therefore, the fuel cell system is considered as the core technology of in the fields of the future energy and environmental. Fuel cell system has an effect on distribution power system because another power source of other than large power plants. So, fuel cell system can be degradation reason of power quality in the power system. In this paper, we constructed the system for an assessment on harmonics effect. The system is composed with power source, harmonics generation and linear load, fuel cell system. we also performed assessment on harmonics effect in customer and the distributed power system during grid connection of residential fuel cell system. An assessment cases are divided into three. A Case 1 is state that residential load and fuel system are connected to grid, Case 2 is state that residential load and harmonics load are connected to grid, and Case 3 is state that all loads are connected to grid. As a output of fuel cell system is increase, analysis results based on assessment system showed that power quality became more aggravation as effect of harmonics.

An Assessment on Voltage and Power Quality in Load Facility during the Islanding of Residential Fuel Cell System (가정용 연료전지 시스템의 단독운전 시 부하설비의 전압 및 전력품질 평가)

  • Park, Chan-Eom;Jung, Jin-Soo;Han, Woon-Ki;Lim, Hyun-Sung;Song, Young-Sang;Kim, Choon-Sam;Lim, Duk-Gyu
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.12
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    • pp.1792-1797
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    • 2013
  • Recently, due to the excessive use of fossil fuels, many studies about the fossil fuels such as solar and fuel cell energy source are progressing. Fuel cell system has high energy conversion efficiency. Also, fuel cell system is environmentally friendly system because the carbon emission is almost not occur. Therefore, the fuel cell system is considered as the core technology of in the fields of the future energy and environmental. Fuel cell system has an effect on distribution power system because another power source of other than large power plants. So, fuel cell system can be reason of power quality in the power system. In this paper, we constructed the system for an assessment on Islanding. The system is composed with power source, Impedance coordination load and linear load, fuel cell system. we are performed assessment on voltage and power quality in customer and the distributed power system during the Islanding of residential fuel cell system. In addition, no change in the impedance of power system, we made a islanding condition only using the actual load, As a variation of generation and load current under islanding, an analysis results based on assessment system showed that the power qualities of distribution system became more aggravation as effect of voltage sag and voltage swell phenomena.

A Study on Power Management Strategy for Multi-Power Source Fuel Cell Hybrid Armored Vehicle (다중 동력 연료전지 하이브리드 장갑차량의 동력관리 전략에 관한 연구)

  • An Sang-Jun;Kim Tae-Jin;Lee Kyo Il
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.361-365
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    • 2005
  • Since the fuel cell uses the hydrogen for its fuel. it has no emission and higher efficiency than an internal combustion engine. Also fuel cell is much quieter than engine generator and generates heat much less than engine generator. So it has advantage of Army's 'si lent watch' capability and the ability to operate undetected by the enemy. The fuel cell hybrid system combines a fuel cell power system with an ESS. The ESS (e.g., batteries or ultracapacitors) reduces the fuel cell's peak power and transient response requirements. It allows the fuel cell to operate more efficiently and recovery of vehicle energy during deceleration. The battery has high energy density, so it has the advantage regarding driving distance. However, it has a disadvantage considering dynamic characteristic because of low power density. One other hand. the ultracapacitor has higher power density, so it can handle sudden change or discharge of required power. Yet. it has lower energy density. so it will be bigger and heavier than the battery when it has the same energy. This paper proposes the power management strategy for multi-power source fuel cell hybrid system. which is applied with the merits of both battery and ultra capacitor by using both of them simultaneous.

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A Feasibility Study of Low-Cost Hybrid Fuel-Cell System for Ship Auxiliary Power (선박 보조전원을 위한 저가형 하이브리드 연료전지 시스템 적용 타당성 연구)

  • Yang, Geun Ryoung;An, Sang Yong;Choo, Jin Hoon
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.3-12
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    • 2013
  • This paper proposes the hybrid fuel cell system that can solve disadvantages of existing fuel cell system and ensure high reliability and high stability. The system consists of PEM fuel cell, Ni-MH battery and power management system. In this system, when the power provided from the fuel cell is higher than the load power, the extra energy may be used to charge the Ni-MH battery. When the fuel cell can not provide enough energy to the load, the shortage of energy will be supplied by the Ni-MH battery. Experimental results show that the output voltage is regulated well during load variations. Also, high system efficiency is achieved.

Power Distribution Optimization of Multi-stack Fuel Cell Systems for Improving the Efficiency of Residential Fuel Cell (주택용 연료전지 효율 향상을 위한 다중 스택 연료전지 시스템의 전력 분배 최적화)

  • TAESEONG KANG;SEONGHYEON HAM;HWANYEONG OH;YOON-YOUNG CHOI;MINJIN KIM
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.358-368
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    • 2023
  • The fuel cell market is expected to grow rapidly. Therefore, it is necessary to scale up fuel cells for buildings, power generation, and ships. A multi-stack system can be an effective way to expand the capacity of a fuel cell. Multi-stack fuel cell systems are better than single-stack systems in terms of efficiency, reliability, durability and maintenance. In this research, we developed a residential fuel cell stack and system model that generates electricity using the fuel cell-photovoltaic hybrid system. The efficiency and hydrogen consumption of the fuel cell system were calculated according to the three proposed power distribution methods (equivalent, Daisy-chain, and optimal method). As a result, the optimal power distribution method increases the efficiency of the fuel cell system and reduces hydrogen consumption. The more frequently the multi-stack fuel cell system is exposed to lower power levels, the greater the effectiveness of the optimal power distribution method.

Operation Scheme to Regulate the Active Power Output and to Improve the Forecasting of Output Range in Wind Turbine and Fuel-Cell Hybrid System (출력변동 저감 및 출력범위 예측 향상을 위한 풍력-연료전지 하이브리드 시스템의 운영방법)

  • Kim, Yun-Seong;Moon, Dae-Seong;Won, Dong-Jun
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.58 no.3
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    • pp.531-538
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    • 2009
  • The paper deals with an operation scheme to improve the forecasting of output range and to regulate the active power output of the hybrid system consisting of a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) and a fuel-cell. The power output of the wind turbine fluctuates as the wind speed varies and the slip power between the rotor circuit and power converter varies as the rotor speed change. The power fluctuation of a DFIG makes its operation difficult when a DFIG is connected to grid. A fuel cell system can be individually operated and adjusted output power, hence the wind turbine and fuel cell hybrid system can overcome power fluctuation by using a fuel-cell power control. In this paper, a fuel-cell is performed to regulate the active power output in comparison with the regulated active power output of a DFIG. And it also improves the forecasting of output range. Based on PSCAD/EMTDC tools, a DFIG and a proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) is simulated and the dynamics of the output power in hybrid system are investigated.