Coordinated control of a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage

Yuan, Tiejiang; Duan, Qingxi; Chen, Xiangping; Yuan, Xufeng; Cao, Wenping; Hu, Juan; Zhu, Quanmin

Abstract

This paper presents a wind-methanol-fuel cell system with hydrogen storage. It can manage various energy flow to provide stable wind power supply, produce constant methanol, and reduce CO2 emissions. Firstly, this study establishes the theoretical basis and formulation algorithms. And then, computational experiments are developed with MATLAB/Simulink (R2016a, MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA). Real data are used to fit the developed models in the study. From the test results, the developed system can generate maximum electricity whilst maintaining a stable production of methanol with the aid of a hybrid energy storage system (HESS). A sophisticated control scheme is also developed to coordinate these actions to achieve satisfactory system performance

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 30, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Dec 4, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 4, 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 7, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 7, 2017
• Journal: Energies
• Electronic ISSN: 1996-1073
• Publisher: MDPI
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 2053
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en10122053
• Keywords: coordinated control, energy storage, fuel cell, hydrogen, methanol production, wind power
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/877507
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10122053
• Related Public URLs: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/12/2053
• Contract Date: Dec 7, 2017