International Journal of Advanced Information and Communication Technology


Application of DC Active Filter in a Fuel Cell for Ripple Current Reduction

H. Jagadeesh, V. Raghavendra, K Manohar, K.Harsha Vardhan Reddy, S. Dileep Kumar, K. Jagadeesh, G. Pullaiah College of Engineering and Technology, Kurnool, India

DOI : 01.0401/ijaict.2016.11.06

International Journal of Advanced Information and Communication Technology

Received On : April 10, 2019

Revised On : May 11, 2019

Accepted On : June 12, 2019

Published On : July 05, 2019

Volume 06, Issue 07

Pages : 1098-1102

Abstract


A ripple current reduction method is proposed that does not require additional switchingdevices. A current ripple that has twice the supply frequency of the power supply is generated in the dc part when a single-phase pulse width modulated inverter is used for a grid connection. The current ripple causes shortening of the lifetime of electrolytic capacitors,batteries, and fuel cells. The proposed circuit realizes a dc active filter function withoutincreasing the number of switching devices, because the energy buffer capacitor is connected to the center tap of the isolation transformer. In addition, the buffer capacitor voltage is controlled by the common-mode voltage of the inverter. The features of the proposed circuit are described and Simulation results are presented. A simulation result proves the ripplereduction, to approximately 20% that of the conventional circuit.

Keywords


Center tap, DC active filter, Grid connection system, Ripple current reduction, Single-phase isolated converter.

Cite this article


H. Jagadeesh, V. Raghavendra, K Manohar, K.Harsha Vardhan Reddy, S. Dileep Kumar, K. Jagadeesh, “Application of DC Active Filter in a Fuel Cell for Ripple Current Reduction” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, pp.1098-1102, July 05, 2019.

Copyright


© 2019 H. Jagadeesh, V. Raghavendra, K Manohar, K.Harsha Vardhan Reddy, S. Dileep Kumar, K. Jagadeesh. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.