Converters for Stationary Fuel Cell Systems

Led by:  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Mertens
Team:  Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Averberg
Funding:  Landesinitiative Brennstoffzelle Niedersachsen

Within the scope of the State's Initiative Fuel Cell Lower Saxony, a converter system is under development, feeding electrical energy of a fuel cell heating device into the mains.  This is a 5 kW SOFC high-temperature fuel cell. The IAL  as the project partner provides the DC/DC converter incl. control equipment which is required between fuel cell and inverter. Moreover, the IAL is responsible for the connection of an appropriate energy store, supporting the fuel cell during start and shut-down as well as in case of  load steps during isolated operation.