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A Low Cost 10 kW Fuel Cell Inverter for Domestic Power
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| Author(s) |
J. J. Nelson; A. M. Tuckey |
| Abstract |
The utilization of fuel cells for distributed power generation requires the development of an inexpensive
inverter that converts a fuel cell's variable dc output into useful ac. To encourage this development the
US Department of Energy and the IEEE setup and sponsored a national US student competition with
a substantial first prize going to the lowest cost working fuel cell inverter: the 2001 Future Energy
Challenge (FEC). This paper describes the work of the University of Wisconsin FEC Team. It discusses
the topology used to achieve the said objective, the rationale used in choosing this topology, detailed
component selection optimized to minimize cost, and detailed heatsink design. Finally some conclusions
are made and a new total-system-approach design using a high voltage fuel cell is proposed to further
reduce the cost of the inverter. |
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| Filename: | EPE-PEMC2002 - T6-020 - Nelsony.pdf |
| Filesize: | 812.2 KB |
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Members Only |
| Date |
Last modified 2004-05-25 by System |
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