Application of SOFCs to Electric Power System

Author

Liu, Y.H. ; Wu, Z.Q. ; Brandon, N.P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Mechatron. Eng., Guangdong Polytech. Normal Univ., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are modular and flexible in relation to the fuel in use, and have the capability to be used for combined heat and power applications at high efficiency. Due to the advantages, SOFCs are emerging as an attractive energy generation option. As a generation resource, SOFCs could be used as a distributed one connected with a large power system and also could be planted in an islanding system. Research on the applications of SOFCs to power system is driven by the need to meet new energy targets, but is relatively immature compared to nuclear, wind, solar and other new energy technologies. Facing load changing performance of the SOFCs which inter-connected with a large system is simulated by Matlab. An islanding system with SOFCs and other distributed generation resources (DGRS) embedded in is also analyzed. This paper concludes with some suggestions of future applications of SOFCs for power generations.

Keywords

cogeneration; distributed power generation; fuel cell power plants; solid oxide fuel cells; Matlab; SOFC; combined heat and power applications; distributed generation resources; electric power system; energy generation option; generation resource; islanding system; load changing performance; solid oxide fuel cells; Fuel cells; Fuels; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Power generation; Reactive power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Wuhan

ISSN

2157-4839

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6253-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748425

Filename

5748425