Interactions Between Fuel Cells and Power Converters: Influence of Current Harmonics on a Fuel Cell Stack

As fuel cells are likely to be used in many future applications, dedicated power converters must be developed and optimized. A thorough knowledge of the fuel cell operation is thus required for power electronics engineers. This paper proposes a theoretical and experimental study of the behavior of a fuel cell stack subject to current harmonics. The fundamental role of the internal double layer capacitor is demonstrated

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