Optimum control strategy for energy management in low-voltage hydrogen-based DC micro-grids

R&D Focus Areas:
Electricity, Energy systems integration

Lead Organisation:
University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Funding:
Blue Economy CRC (PhD Project)

Status:
Active

Start date:
September 2022

Project summary description:
Objectives of the project include:

• To model an islanded DC microgrid with a Renewable Energy Sources (RES) mix of solar PV, wind, wave, Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyser system, hydrogen storage, PEM fuel cell system, battery storage system and DC loads.
• To achieve optimal operation of the developed islanded hydrogen-based DC microgrid, relating operation cost, PEM electrolyser system efficiency and PEM fuel cell system hydrogen utilization.
• To integrate a real-time Energy Management System (EMS) for the developed microgrid and investigate the impact of temperature and pressure sensitivity of PEM fuel cell and electrolyser systems to the developed real-time EMS.

Further information:
PowerPoint Presentation
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May 2025