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Design and application of PEM fuel cell-based cascade boost converter

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This paper presents average sliding current controller (ASCC) for the proton membrane exchange fuel cell (PEMFC)-based DC–DC cascade boost converter under different source and load conditions. PEMFC which has variable voltage and current can be used in a lot of applications with a wide operating range in low temperatures. However, as the PEMFC produces low nonlinear voltage, this lower nonlinear voltage value needs to be increased as a linear voltage with an appropriate power electronics converter. Therefore, this paper proposes DC–DC cascade boost converter which has a higher voltage gain for PEMFC stack. First, a classical PI controller was applied to regulate the output voltage. Then, the current of the PEMFC-based DC–DC cascade boost converter was controlled via ASCC by using output of the voltage controller. After analyzing the dynamic model of the PEMFC-based DC–DC cascade boost converter via MATLAB/Simulink program, the experimental results of the controlled PEMFC-based DC–DC cascade boost converter are observed and discussed.

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The authors would like to acknowledge Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for the financial support of this research. This research is supported by the TUBITAK with Project No: EEEAG-115E419.

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  1. Department of Electrics and Electronics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ilhan Kocaarslan

  2. Department of Electrics and Electronics Engineering, Hakkari University, Hakkari, Turkey

    Sude Kart

  3. Department of Electrics and Electronics Engineering, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

    Naci Genc & Hasan Uzmus

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Kocaarslan, I., Kart, S., Genc, N. et al. Design and application of PEM fuel cell-based cascade boost converter. Electr Eng 101, 1323–1332 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-019-00871-0

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