ADVANCEMENT IN FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY WITH SUPER CAPACITORS

A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Bachelor of Technology In Electrical & Electronics Engineering By KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY PALAGIRI PALAVALASA KISHORE KUMAR YALAMANCHILI VINOD KUMAR LOGISA MADAN KUMAR Under the guidance of 096B1A0212 096B1A0222 096B1A0233 106B5A0202

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING SWAMY VIVEKANANDA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (Affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada) Kalavarai (V), Bobbili (M), Vizianagaram (Dist), Andhra Pradesh

2012

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING SWAMY VIVEKANANDA ENGINEERING COLLEGE (Affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada) Kalavarai (V), Bobbili (M), Vizianagaram (Dist), Andhra Pradesh

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the project entitled ADVANCEMENT IN FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY WITH SUPER CAPACITORS is being submitted by KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY PALAGIRI PALAVALASA KISHORE KUMAR YALAMANCHILI VINOD KUMAR LOGISA MADAN KUMAR 096B1A0212 096B1A0222 096B1A0233 106B5A0202

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY to JNTU, KAKINADA. This record is a bonafied work carried out by them under my guidance and supervision. The result embodied in this project report has not been submitted to any other university or institute for the award of any degree.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to express our deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to correspondent and Principal of Swamy Vivekananda Engineering College, for their inspiring guidance, valuable suggestions and constant encouragement throughout our thesis work. We owe them lots of gratitude for having us shown this way of work. We are thankful to Head of the Department, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, for providing all the necessary facilities and encouragement for the present work. We also thank all the faculty members of the EEE department for sharing with us their views and for their constant help extended in making our thesis work a fruitful one. With due regards we acknowledge the inspiration and blessings of my parents and family members, who constantly encouraged and provided the necessary support for the completion of this work. Last but not the least we wish to thank all our friends, who have helped us directly or indirectly during the course of this work. We wish to thank one and all who gave us support in completion of the project. KALYAN CHAKRAVARTHY PALAGIRI 096B1A0212 PALAVALASA KISHORE KUMAR 096B1A0222 YALAMANCHILI VINOD KUMAR 096B1A0233 LOGISA MADAN KUMAR 106B5A0202

ABSTRACT
The design and testing of a purely super capacitor energy storage system for the power conditioning of automotive system having a PEM fuel cell as main source is presented. The innovative control strategy is that fuel cell is simply operating in almost steady state conditions in order to lessen the mechanical stresses of fuel cell and to insure a good synchronization between fuel flow and fuel cell current. Super capacitors are functioning during absence of energy from fuel cell, transient energy delivery or transient energy recovery. The system utilizes a super capacitive storage device, composed of six components (3,500 F) associated in series. This device is connected to a 42 V dc bus by a 2-quadrant dc/dc converter, and fuel cell is connected to the dc bus by a boost converter. The system structure is realized by analogical current loops and digital control (dSPACE) for voltage loops and estimation algorithms. Experimental results with a 500W PEM fuel cell point out the slow dynamics of fuel cell because of thermodynamic and mechanical operation, and also substantiate that the super capacitors can improve dynamics and power conditioning for automotive electrical system.