Tracking Control for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems in Zero-Emission Ferry Ships

Abstract EN

For more than a century, conventional marine vessels spatter the atmosphere with CO2 emissions and detrimental particles when operated by diesel motors/generators.

Fuel cells have recently emerged as one of the most promising emission-free technologies for the electrification of ship propulsion systems.

In fuel cell-based ship electrification, the entire marine power system is viewed as a direct current (DC) microgrid (MG) with constant power loads (CPLs).

A challenge of such settings is how to stabilize the voltages and currents of the ship’s grid.

In this paper, we propose a new modified backstepping controller to stabilize the MG voltage and currents.

Finally, to study the performance and efficiency of our proposal, we run an experiment simulation using dSPACE real-time emulator.