Power system interconnection of Fuel Cell Energy Sources at the Distribution Level using artificial neural networks

摘要

One of the most popular fuel cell is the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM), it has been reviewed and specially promoted, that it has been progressively acknowledged to make it able to work with a high degree of efficiency at lower temperature condition. In this paper, the analysis are focused on the configuration of a system consisting a direct assembly between the shunt active power filter and the (PEM) fuel cells, this system is used to supply the power system with the PEM power, under its fixed power conditions. The use of artificial neural network (ANN) as a control system of the inverter results the multi-operation inverter, the proposed design is not only able of delivering the fuel cell power to the electrical network, but will also act as a parallel active power filter (PAPF) to mitigate the unwanted harmonics current caused by the non-linear loads and regulate reactive power. The results indicate that this system is able to prevent the harmonics effect and strengthen the overall capacity of the utility grid.