Efficiency Boosting for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Power System Using New MPPT Method

Derbeli, Mohamed; Barambones, Óscar; Farhat, Maissa; Sbita, Lassaâd

doi:10.1109/irec.2019.8754587

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“…The application of the sliding mode control (SMC) for the PEMFC system was proposed by various research groups/researchers [3,20,21]. To counteract the chattering phenomenon of the SMC, integral fast terminal sliding mode control (IFTSMC), backstepping sliding mode control (BSMC), high-order sliding mode based on twisting (TA), super-twisting (STA), prescribed convergence law (PCL) and quasi continue (QC) have been, respectively, proposed by [21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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High-Performance Tracking for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System PEMFC Using Model Predictive Control

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Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell has recently attracted broad attention from many researchers due to its cleanliness, high efficiency and soundless operation. The obtention of high-performance output characteristics is required to overcome the market restrictions of the PEMFC technologies. Therefore, the main aim of this work is to maintain the system operating point at an adequate and efficient power stage with high-performance tracking. To this end, a model predictive control (MPC) based on a global minimum cost function for a two-step horizon was designed and implemented in a boost converter integrated with a fuel cell system. An experimental comparative study has been investigated between the MPC and a PI controller to reveal the merits of the proposed technique. Comparative results have indicated that a reduction of 15.65% and 86.9%, respectively, in the overshoot and response time could be achieved using the suggested control structure.

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High-Performance Tracking for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System PEMFC Using Model Predictive Control

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“…Results have indicated the out-performance of the proposed technique over the proportional integral control in terms of robustness and settling time. Authors of [15,16] used conventional sliding mode control (SMC) aiming to overcome the drawbacks of the classical linear PI controller; their proposed method showed acceptable results in terms of robustness against sharp load variation, but since the SMC was used, the chattering phenomenon was present during the tests. However, as a solution for the chattering phenomenon, authors of [17][18][19] have, respectively, proposed quasi-continuous, twisting and super twisting algorithms.…”

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An Efficient and Robust Current Control for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Power System

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Taking into account the restricted ability of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) to generate energy, it is compulsory to present techniques, in which an efficient operating power can be achieved. In many applications, the PEMFC is usually coupled with a high step-up DC-DC power converter which not only provides efficient power conversion, but also offers highly regulated output voltage. Due to the no-linearity of the PEMFC power systems, the application of conventional linear controllers such as proportional-integral (PI) did not succeed to drive the system to operate precisely in an adequate power point. Therefore, this paper proposes a robust non-linear integral fast terminal sliding mode control (IFTSMC) aiming to improve the power quality generated by the PEMFC; besides, a digital filter is designed and implemented to smooth the signals from the chattering effect of the IFTSMC. The stability proof of the IFTSMC is demonstrated via Lyapunov analysis. The proposed control scheme is designed for an experimental closed-loop system which consisted of a Heliocentric hy-Expert™ FC-50W, MicroLabBox dSPACE DS1202, step-up DC-DC power converter and programmable DC power supplies. Comparative results with the PI controller indicate that a reduction of 96% in the response time could be achieved using the suggested algorithm; where, up to more than 91% of the chattering phenomenon could be eliminated via the application of the digital filter.

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“…Therefore, to keep the PEMFC working at an adequate power point, different approaches are suggested. For instance, in Derbeli et al [18], a proportional-integral (PI) and an SMC were proposed to maintain the fuel cell runs at an efficient power point. The PI is characterised by its simplicity, but it is affected by the changes in the external transactions and disturbances.…”

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“…The results have shown that the proposed neural network MPPT has tracked the maximum power point faster than the FLC. However, although authors of [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] proposed advanced algorithms, only simulation work has occurred. Therefore, with respect to state-of-the-art, a real-time implementation of a high order sliding mode based on QC is proposed to keep the fuel cell operating at an adequate power point.…”

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Design and Implementation of High Order Sliding Mode Control for PEMFC Power System

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Fuel cells are considered as one of the most promising methods to produce electrical energy due to its high-efficiency level that reaches up to 50%, as well as high reliability with no polluting effects. However, scientists and researchers are interested more in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Thus, it has been considered as an ideal solution to many engineering applications. The main aim of this work is to keep the PEMFC operating at an adequate power point. To this end, conventional first-order sliding mode control (SMC) is used. However, the chattering phenomenon, which is caused by the SMC leads to a low control accuracy and heat loss in the energy circuits. In order to overcome these drawbacks, quasi-continuous high order sliding mode control (QC-HOSM) is proposed so as to improve the power quality and performance. The control stability is proven via the Lyapunov theory. The closed-loop system consists of a PEM fuel cell, a step-up converter, a DSPACE DS1104, SMC and QC-HOSM algorithms and a variable load resistance. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, experimental results are compared with the conventional SMC. The obtained results show that a chattering reduction of 84% could be achieved using the proposed method.

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Efficiency Boosting for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Power System Using New MPPT Method

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

High-Performance Tracking for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System PEMFC Using Model Predictive Control

High-Performance Tracking for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System PEMFC Using Model Predictive Control

An Efficient and Robust Current Control for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Power System

Design and Implementation of High Order Sliding Mode Control for PEMFC Power System

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