Performance Evaluation of Boost and Z-Source Converters for Fuel Cell Application

• Main Authors: Roomi, Muhammad Mustafa, Maswood, Ali Iftekhar, Dehghani Tafti, Hossein
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC); Z-source inverter; Boost converter; Renewable energy; Dc-dc/ac
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82263; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39914; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7387071&newsearch=true&queryText=Performance%20evaluation%20of%20boost%20and%20Z-source%20converters%20for%20fuel%20cell%20application
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Z-sourcebeing an attractive option for buck-boost energy conversion in renewable system, this paper investigates the performances of the traditional boost converter and Z-source inverterfed by fuel cell as the dc source. The changes in the fuel cell utilization, stack consumption and efficiency of a...