Evaluation and fault tolerant control of a floating interleaved boost converter for fuel cell systems

Yigeng Huangfu, Shengrong Zhuo, Fuxi Chen, Shengzhao Pang

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Abstract

Due to the relatively low and unregulated output voltage of fuel cell (FC) stack, a dc-dc floating interleaved boost converter (FIBC) is used to interface FC stack and dc bus in FC systems. In order to keep a constant dc bus voltage of FC systems even when power switch open-circuit fault (OCF) occurs, the small signal ac model and proper control scheme for FIBC are well developed. Thus, when switch OCF occurs in one module, the FIBC switches from normal mode into degraded mode (constant output voltage is guaranteed) automatically. While, the evaluation results of FIBC in degraded mode indicate that the components such as power switch, capacitor and inductor should be oversized significantly. Therefore, a fault tolerant control scheme is designed alternatively. Finally, the validity of analytical evaluation results and the FTC scheme are demonstrated by Matlab/Simulink simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Industry Application Society, 52nd Annual Meeting
Subtitle of host publicationIAS 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781467386715
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Nov 2016
Event52nd Annual Meeting on IEEE Industry Application Society, IAS 2016 - Portland, United States
Duration: 2 Oct 20166 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameIEEE Industry Application Society, 52nd Annual Meeting: IAS 2016

Conference

Conference52nd Annual Meeting on IEEE Industry Application Society, IAS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period2/10/166/10/16

Keywords

  • DC-DC converter
  • degraded mode
  • fault tolerant control
  • power switch fault detection
  • renewable energy sources

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