DC/DC Converters for Fuel Cells

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

Fuel cell systems in the medium power range have high output currents and relatively low output voltages. In order to use them in applications with higher voltage requirements, DC/DC converters with large voltage transformation are necessary.  At the IAL, different converters are analysed and compared with each other with respect to their voltage transformation and their efficiency . This includes current-fed as well as voltage-fed DC/DC converters.