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ANN-Based MPPT Controller for PEM Fuel Cell Energized Interleaved Resonant PWM High Step Up DC-DC Converter with SVPWM Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive

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In this paper, ANN-based MPPT controller is implemented for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) powered Interleaved Resonant PWM High Step Up (IRPHS) converter and SVPWM technique is used for three-phase voltage source inverter to reduce THD. The proposed system is energized using PEM Fuel cell (PEMFC) with variable temperature as its output voltage is highly dependent on operating temperature. To extract maximum power during dynamic temperature, ANN-based MPPT controller is proposed. To control the speed of three induction motor, Voltage Source Inverter (VSI) is placed between IRPHS converter and induction motor. Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) control technique is developed to switch VSI system which leads to reduced harmonic content, better utilization of dc link voltage, improved output voltage and controlled output current. The output voltage of VSI is connected with induction motor through split inductor, to analyze the various parameters of induction motor. The performance of the proposed system is simulated using MATLAB/Simulink and experimental results are verified.

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Abbreviations

ANN:

Artificial neural network

MPPT:

Maximum power point tracking

PEM:

Proton exchange membrane

PWM:

Pulse width modulation

SVPWM:

Space vector pulse width modulation

IRPHS:

Interleaved resonant PWM high step up converter

THD:

Total harmonic distortion

VSI:

Voltage source inverter

FPGA:

Field programmable gate array

ZVS:

Zero voltage switching

IC:

Internal combustion

RBFN:

Radial basis function network

PSO:

Particle swarm optimization

PID:

Proportional integration derivative

P&O:

Perturb and observe

SPWM:

Sinusoidal pulse width modulation

FLC:

Fuzzy logic controller

V fc :

Fuel cell voltage

I fc :

Fuel cell current

P o :

Fuel cell output power

V nom :

Fuel cell nominal voltage

I nom :

Fuel cell nominal current

V a, V b, V c :

Phase voltage from Three-phase inverter

S 1, S 2 :

Switches of IRPHS converter

H2 :

Hydrogen

O2 :

Oxygen

V G1, V G2 :

Gate pulses to IRPHS switches S1,S2

i Lf 1, i Lf 2 :

Current through Filter inductors Lf1,Lf2

V Lf 1 , V Lf 2 :

Voltage across Filter inductors Lf1,Lf2

i S1, i S2 :

Current through switches S1,S2

i cO 1, i cO 2 :

Current through output capacitors Co1,Co2

i Lr :

Current through resonant inductor Lr

ω res :

Resonant frequency

V c1, V c2 :

Voltage across arm capacitors C1,C2

V o 1, V o 2 :

Voltage across output capacitors Co1,Co2

d1, d 2 :

Duty cycles of switches S1, S2

f sw :

Switching frequency

P max :

Maximum output power of IRPHS converter

V BR(DSS) :

Drain-source breakdown voltage of switches S1,S2

I D :

Drain current of switches S1,S2

R DS(on) :

Drain-Source On state resistance of switches S1,S2

V RRM :

Repetitive maximum reverse voltage of diodes (D1-D4)

I F :

Forward RMS current of diode (D1-D4)

t rr :

Reverse recovery time of diode (D1-D4)

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  1. K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Trichy, India

    B. Karthikeyan

  2. M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, India

    K. Sundararaju

  3. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

    R. Palanisamy

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Karthikeyan, B., Sundararaju, K. & Palanisamy, R. ANN-Based MPPT Controller for PEM Fuel Cell Energized Interleaved Resonant PWM High Step Up DC-DC Converter with SVPWM Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Electr Eng 45, 861–877 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40998-021-00413-0

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