FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL POWER GENERATION

Khaled Mammar – Abdelkader Chaker

   This paper presents a dynamic model of a fuel cell system for residential power generation. The models proposed include a fuel cell stack model, reformer model and DC/AC inverter model. Furthermore a fuzzy logic (FLC) controller is used to control the active power of PEM fuel cell system. The controller modifies the hydrogen flow feedback from the terminal load. Simulation results confirmed the high performance capability of the fuzzy logic controller to control power generation.

Keywords: polymer-electrolyte fuel cell, dynamic model, residential power, fuzzy controller

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