MATLAB-based simulator of a 5 kW fuel cell for power electronics design

2014 Ninth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)

et al. 2014

In this paper, a novel multi-input, single inductor architecture is proposed. An innovative hysteretic control strategy of both the output voltage and the sources operating point control is designed and tested. Benefits brought by the proposed architecture over existing solutions are widely investigated. As an example, the design of a 48 V dual input system which is fed by photo voltaic and thermo-electric generators is proposed. Design guidelines are given and simulation results are presented to test the efficiency of the proposed architecture.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design and control of a novel multi-source renewable energy system

Boscaino

Ferraro

2014 Ninth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)

et al. 2014

“…With regards to energy harvesting, the uncertainty and limited availability of environmental energy is the major hindrance to a successful application to automotive and household appliances. Accurate source and load modeling avoids experimental failure of the power management system [5][6][7][8]. As an example, in the literature, partial or total shading of photovoltaic panels is a widely addressed topic.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A multi-input, single-inductor power system for multisource energy harvesting

Boscaino

Ferraro

2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)

et al. 2013

Today, energy harvesting is drawing a great deal of attention due to modern trends in energy saving and sustainable development purposes. Among renewable energy sources fuel cells and photovoltaic arrays are the most promising for a wide variety of applications, ranging from few mWatts of wireless sensor networks to kWatts for household appliances. Coupling several harvesters and renewable sources is the winning strategy to ensure a proper supply overcoming the uncertainty and limited availability of common harvesters and renewable sources. Multisource energy harvesting is actually an open research topic involving several pressing and often conflicting requirements. System cost, complexity, size and efficiency are only a few performance indicators. In this paper, a multi-input, singleinductor architecture is proposed. A practical implementation is proposed as an example. Benefits brought by the proposed architecture over existing solutions are widely investigated. Design guidelines are given and simulation results are presented to test the efficiency of the proposed architecture.

“…Because of the continuous proliferation of high power nonlinear loads and distributed generation systems [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], the characteristics of the supplied voltages and currents are more and more altered respect to the rated ones.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncertainty evaluation in the measurements for the electric power quality analysis

Cipriani

2013 International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)

Spataro

2013

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The paper deals with the uncertainty estimation in the measurements performed to assess the electric power quality. In a first steps, according to the 'ISO - Guide to Expression of the Uncertainty in Measurements' all the error sources, which give a significant contribution to the combined uncertainty associated to the measurement results, are identified. Successively, in order to analyze how the errors propagate through the measurement chain, a Monte Carlo based approach is proposed. The method exploits an ad-hoc developed simulator of the measurement process, which takes into account the particular way of propagation of all the identified error sources. Eventually, with the aim of validate the proposed approach, the results of a series of experimental tests are presented. © 2013 IEEE