Analysis of active and reactive power control of a stand-alone PEM fuel cell power plant

Author

El-Sharkh, M.Y. ; Rahman, A. ; Alam, M.S. ; Sakla, A.A. ; Byrne, P.C. ; Thomas, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2022

Lastpage

2028

Abstract

This paper presents analytical details of how active and reactive power output of a stand-alone proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant (FCPP) is controlled. This analysis is based on an integrated dynamic model of the entire power plant including the reformer. The validity of the analysis is verified when the model is used to predict the response of the power plant to: 1) computer-simulated step changes in the load active and reactive power demand and 2) actual active and reactive load profile of a single family residence. The response curves indicate the load-following characteristics of the model and the predicted changes in the analytical parameters predicated by the analysis.

Keywords

fuel cell power plants; power engineering computing; power generation control; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; reactive power control; active power control; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; reactive power control; stand-alone PEM fuel cell power plant; Biomembranes; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Power conditioning; Power generation; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Protons; Reactive power control; Synchronous generators; 65; Active power; PEM; PEM fuel cell; control; fuel cell; fuel cell model; proton exchange membrane; reactive power;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRS.2004.836191

Filename

1350843