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A Study on Control of a Small Fuel Cell Power Supply System for Robots

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Next Wave in Robotics (FIRA 2011)

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A hydrogen fuel cell power supply system which includes pressure valve, solenoid valves, flow controllers, temperature sensors and Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is presented in the paper. The power supply system builds a control circuit loop includes a charge-discharge circuit with buck conversion topology. The feedback control signal of the power supply system by digital signal processor (dsPIC). This structure can achieve the goal of the small fuel cell power supply system stability, have high efficiency fuel cell, high efficiency converters, and to provide energy to a small robot.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

    Kuo-Ching Tseng, Pao-Chuan Tseng & Shih-Hsien Yang

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, 701, Tainan City, Taiwan

    Tzuu-Hseng S. Li

  2. National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2 Juoyue Road, 40227, Taichung, Taiwan

    Kuo-Yang Tu

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Nationan Chung Hsing University, No. 250, Kuo-Kuang Road, 40227, Taichung, Taiwan

    Ching-Chih Tsai

  4. Department of Applied Electronics Technology, National Taiwan Normal University, 162 He-Ping East Road, Section 1, 10610, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chen-Chien Hsu

  5. National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2 Juoyue Road, Nantsu District, 811, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    Chien-Cheng Tseng

  6. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat

  7. Department of Computer Science,, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Jacky Baltes

  8. Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    John Anderson

  9. Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ching-Chang Wong

  10. Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Norbert Jesse

  11. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., 106, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chung-Hsien Kuo

  12. Institute of System Information and Control, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, 2 Juoyue Road, Nantsu District, 811, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    Haw-Ching Yang

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Tseng, KC., Tseng, PC., Yang, SH. (2011). A Study on Control of a Small Fuel Cell Power Supply System for Robots. In: Li, TH.S., et al. Next Wave in Robotics. FIRA 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 212. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23147-6_28

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