Development of A 3 kW fuel cell generation system with an active fuel cell simulator: topology, control, and design

In this paper, a 3 kW fuel cell generation (FCG) system with an active fuel cell (FC) simulator has been proposed. The developed FC simulator generates the actual voltage and current output characteristics of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), so that the overall performance and the dynamics of the proposed system could be effectively examined and tested. In this paper, at first, the system configuration and operational principle of the developed FC simulator has been investigated and the design process of the FCG system is explained in detail. In addition, the validity of the proposed system has been verified by the informative simulation and experimental results.