IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jeoe00/v6y2017i1p1-22.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

An Energy Management Strategy and Fuel Cell Configuration Proposal for a Hybrid Renewable System with Hydrogen Backup

Author

Listed:
  • Francisco José Vivas Fernández

    (University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain)

  • Ainhoa de las Heras Jiménez

    (University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain)

  • Francisca Segura Manzano

    (University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain)

  • José Manuel Andújar Márquez

    (University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain)

Abstract

This paper presents a new and optimal proposal of energy management strategy for a solar panels/wind turbines/fuel cell/battery/alkaline electrolyzer on grid hybrid power system. These new proposal takes into account technical and economical optimization parameters, improving the system performance, the lifetime of different elements and reducing operation and maintenance cost. The features of the proposed energy management strategy are compared over other strategies found in the scientific literature. Additionally, another key parameter like fuel cell modularity has been considered. That is the effect over the whole system performance of using a single fuel cell with high rate power (PFC) versus a modular configuration built from n stacks with PFC/n rate power each one. Then, joining the new proposed strategy with the optimization parameter regarding the fuel cell modularity, it is possible to get the best solution for this kind of hybrid systems.

Suggested Citation

  • Francisco José Vivas Fernández & Ainhoa de las Heras Jiménez & Francisca Segura Manzano & José Manuel Andújar Márquez, 2017. "An Energy Management Strategy and Fuel Cell Configuration Proposal for a Hybrid Renewable System with Hydrogen Backup," International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering (IJEOE), IGI Global, vol. 6(1), pages 1-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jeoe00:v:6:y:2017:i:1:p:1-22
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/IJEOE.2017010101
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Caparrós Mancera, Julio José & Saenz, Jaime Luis & López, Eduardo & Andújar, José Manuel & Segura Manzano, Francisca & Vivas, Francisco José & Isorna, Fernando, 2022. "Experimental analysis of the effects of supercapacitor banks in a renewable DC microgrid," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 308(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jeoe00:v:6:y:2017:i:1:p:1-22. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.