Design of Power Circuit of DC/DC Step-Up Converter for a PEM Fuel Cell

3rd International Symposium "Topical Problems of Education in the Field of Electrical and Power Engineering": Doctoral School of Energy and Geotechnology 2006
Artūrs Purviņš, Oskars Krievs, Ingars Steiks, Leonīds Ribickis

A fuel cell is electrochemical energy conversion device, using hydrogen as a fuel for production of electrical energy. Fuel cells are compact, efficient and environmentally friendly. Fuel cell power systems are foreseen to have applications in various fields such as electric vehicles, and as distributed generation sources interfaced with electric utilities. Since fuel cells produce variable, low voltage dc, a power electronic interface is required to adapt the output to common ac loads or power grid. In this paper design of a DC/DC stepup converter for 1.2 kW Fuel cell is discussed.

Keywords
fuel cell, step-up DC/DC converter
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http://egdk.ttu.ee/files/kuressaare2006/Kuressaare2006_45Purvins.pdf

Purviņš, A., Krievs, O., Steiks, I., Ribickis, L. Design of Power Circuit of DC/DC Step-Up Converter for a PEM Fuel Cell. In: 3rd International Symposium "Topical Problems of Education in the Field of Electrical and Power Engineering": Doctoral School of Energy and Geotechnology, Estonia, Kuresāre, 16-21 January, 2006. Tallinn: Tallinn University of Technology, 2006, pp.45-49.

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English (en)