Title :
Study of a fuel cell power plant in power distribution system. Part I. Dynamic model
Author :
Miao, Z. ; Choudhry, M.A. ; Klein, R.L. ; Fan, L.
Author_Institution :
Midwest ISO, Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, dynamic simulation and control of a fuel cell power plant in a power distribution system are studied using MATLAB/SIMULINK. Part I presents the dynamic models of a prototype solid oxide fuel cell and a PWM-based inverter which serves as the interface between the fuel cell and the power distribution system. The configuration of the power distribution system used to study fuel cell impact is also presented as well as the open-loop response of the fuel cell power plant and the dynamic responses in the system when disturbances occur. A supplemental control scheme to improve the dynamic stability of the power distribution system is investigated in Part II.
Keywords :
PWM invertors; distributed power generation; distribution networks; dynamic response; fuel cell power plants; mathematics computing; power system analysis computing; solid oxide fuel cells; MATLAB-SIMULINK; PWM-based inverter; distributed generation; dynamic model; dynamic response; dynamic simulation; dynamic stability; fuel cell power plant; power conditioning unit; power distribution system; solid oxide fuel cell; Fuel cells; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Open loop systems; Power distribution; Power generation; Power system modeling; Prototypes; Pulse width modulation inverters; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8465-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2004.1373275
