Analysis of State-of-the-Art Converter Topologies for Interfacing of Hydrogen Buffer with Renewable Energy Systems

Anna Andrijanovitsh; Ingars Steiks; Janis Zakis; Dmitri Vinnikov

doi:10.2478/v10144-011-0015-9

Analysis of State-of-the-Art Converter Topologies for Interfacing of Hydrogen Buffer with Renewable Energy Systems

Authors

Anna Andrijanovitsh Tallinn University of Technology
Ingars Steiks Riga Technical University
Janis Zakis Tallinn University of Technology
Dmitri Vinnikov Tallinn University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/v10144-011-0015-9

Keywords:

Renewable energy, hydrogen, electrolyzer, fuel cell, DC/DC converter

Abstract

This paper compares state-of-the-art DC/DC converter topologies for electrolyzer and fuel cell applications in renewable energy systems (RES). The main components of the hydrogen-based energy storage system should be connected to the DC-bus of a RES via separate interface converters: the electrolyzer is interfaced by the step-down DC/DC converter, while the fuel cell is connected through the step-up DC/DC converter. Because of the high input and output voltage differences the topologies with a high-frequency voltage matching transformer are analyzed. The inverter and rectifier sides of the discussed DC/DC converters presented in schemes are analyzed in detail.

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