Intelligent Control of the Energy Generation Systems

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Author(s): Nicu Bizon (University of Pitesti, Romania)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 57
Source title: Intelligent Information Systems and Knowledge Management for Energy: Applications for Decision Support, Usage, and Environmental Protection
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kostas Metaxiotis (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-737-9.ch002

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Environmental Technologies / Information Science Reference

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In this book chapter are analyzed the Energy Generation System (EGS) topologies, used in automotive systems, and the grid inverter systems, with intelligent control algorithms (fuzzy logic controller, genetic algorithm, etc.). The EGS blocks are modelled using Matlab & Simulink ® program. A necessary block is the EGS power interface between the fuel cell stack and the batteries stack, usually a boost converter that uses a Peak Current Controller (PCC) with a Boundary Control with Current Taper (BCCT). The control law is a function of fuel cell current and battery voltage, which prevents the “boiling” of the batteries. The control objective for this power interface is also the fuel cell current ripple minimization, used in order to improve the fuel cell stack life cycle. Clocked and non-clocked control methods are tested in order to obtain a small fuel cell current ripple, better a dynamic response, and robustness against system uncertainty disturbances. The EGS behaviour is tested by bifurcation diagrams. It is shown that performances increase if the control law is a function that depends by the fuel cell current ripple and battery voltage. The clocked PCC using the BCCT 2-D law is implemented by a fuzzy logic controller. The power load dynamic is compensated using an ultracapacitors stack as a dynamic energy compensator, connected by a bi-directional converter to the batteries stack bus. Small fuel cell current ripple using compact batteries and ultracapacitors stacks will be obtained by the appropriate design of the control surface, using an Integrated Fuzzy Control (IFC) for both power interfaces.

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