TY - JOUR U1 - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed) A1 - Habib, Mustapha A1 - Khoucha, Fahrid A1 - Harrag, Abdelghani T1 - GA-based robust LQR controller for interleaved boost DC–DC converter improving fuel cell voltage regulation JF - Electric Power Systems Research N2 - Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is one of the most promising technologies for sustainable energy production due to the high power density, low operative temperature and more convenient use for several applications. Nevertheless, the high generated current that characterizes PEMFC requires a specific power conditioning. In addition, specific controller must be designed to fit with system operative points changing associated with the variation of this high current. To deal with this challenge, in this paper, an electrochemical system composed of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) feeding via two phases IBC has been proposed and investigated. For robustness, the used IBC for fuel cell voltage regulation is controlled by linear quadratic regulator (LQR). Then, genetic algorithms technique is applied to optimize the LQR controller parameters giving optimal control coefficients and can if necessary be adjusted according to each working situation change. The model of the entire system is studied using Matlab/Simulink environment. The simulation’s comparative standard and robustness results both demonstrate that the proposed GA-based LQR controller outperforms the conventional PI in terms of performance metrics (overshoot reduction: between 58.93% and 97.09%; response time reduction: between 56.40% and 77.00% and ripple reduction: between 84.00% and 94.86%). KW - Polymer-Elektrolytmembran-Brennstoffzelle KW - Energieversorgung KW - Controlling Y1 - 2017 SN - 0378-7796 SS - 0378-7796 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2017.08.004 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2017.08.004 VL - 152 IS - 11 SP - 438 EP - 456 PB - Elsevier ER -