Application of electric springs in fuel cells

As an energy source, fuel cells are a good option for distributed generation and implementations for hybrid vehicles. One of the key problems of this technology are its slow internal electrochemical and thermodynamic response, which lead to slow reaction time to transient electrical loads. This article proposes a new configuration and a novel control strategy to solve fuel cell weak transient response by using type 1 AC electric spring (ES-1). Furthermore, it will be shown that the same configuration helps in decreasing the required space for battery storage. (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanomaterials, Nanobioscience & Nanotechnology.