Analysis of control characteristics using fuel cell plant simulator

Author

Yamaguchi, Masanori ; Saito, Tadayoshi ; Izumitani, Minoru ; Sugita, Shigehisa ; Tsutsumi, Yasuyuki

Author_Institution

Hitachi Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

37

Issue

5

fYear

1990

fDate

10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

378

Lastpage

386

Abstract

To estimate the operational characteristics of duel cell power plants, the authors developed a dynamic simulator and analyzed the operating characteristics. In the simulations, attention is given to the pressure difference between the cathode and anode of the fuel cell and the system base pressure. The former is important for safe operation of the fuel cell and the latter is important for safe operation of the reformer. For load following and shut-down modes of the 1 MW plant studied, calculation results were compared with actual test results and agree fairly well

Keywords

control system analysis computing; digital simulation; fuel cell power plants; power station control; 1 MW; anode; cathode; control characteristics; control system analysis; digital simulation; duel cell power plants; load following; power station control; pressure difference; reformer; shut-down; Analytical models; Anodes; Cathodes; Fluid flow; Fuel cells; Heat transfer; Hydrogen; Temperature; Testing; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.103433

Filename

103433